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SteveThe official reason was to prevent the spread of communism. It was believed and feared that if Vietnam was lost to communism, a domino effect would result and all of Southeast Asia would fall to communism. The opposition statement was that the loss of southeast Asia to communism would negatively impact American commercial interests.
The United States sought to prevent the expansion of Communism in Southeast Asia and therefore tried to support right-wing dictatorships throughout Southeast Asia, like South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Kingdom of Laos, and the Kingdom of Thailand, against Communist North Vietnam.
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Describe three reasons why the American public did not support Americas involvement in the Vietnam War?
The military draft. The military draft. And of course, the military draft. If people are NOT involved...they simply do not care. When they received that draft notice in the US Mail...they very suddenly cared!
What are some Immoral reasons about the Vietnam war?
During the "COLD WAR"; the Vietnam War was immoral to most people...who believed that war was "immoral" to begin with. Example: During WWII, which was a "clear case" of self defense (the Pearl Harbor Attack), people in the US still protested US involvement in that war. The "...reasons about the Vietnam War", would be the same; war is immoral, for those that choose to believe it. For many people there is NO JUSTIFICATION for war.
Why is the Vietnam war often called the 'American war'?
One of the main reasons was to separate the Vietnam War from the French War or French Vietnam War (which is often referred to as the French Indochina War; and lately, the 1st Indochina War). To makes things simple: The French Indochina War and the US (American) Vietnam War, might be the easiest way to remember it.
What was Eisenhower's involvement in the Vietnam War?
Overall Eisenhower increased American involvement in Vietnam compared to Truman.In 1953 he had effectively ended the Korean War by withdrawing US troops, a very popular move back in the US. This would suggest he wanted to have less involvement in Indochina, even if only to gain popularity.However, in 1954, France demanded more assistance from Eisenhower as she struggled at Dien Bien Phu against the Vietminh. Eisenhower gave more support than Truman had before him, though he did NOT send in ground troops. There are several main reasons for Eisenhower's increased involvement in Vietnam...France threatened that, unless she received more support from the US, she would withdraw from Indochina - that would be the loss of an important ally against Communism for America.Eisenhower's policies were that of 'rollback' - i.e. the removal, or rollback, of Communism in areas that were already Communist - and the following of the 'Domino Theory', which was that if one nation fell to Communism inevitably others would fall too. This made him likely to become more involved.Also, as part of the 'Domino Theory', Eisenhower was concerned that the loss of Vietnam would eventually lead to the loss of Japan - an important economic nation.Truman had become unpopular when he "lost China" to Communism in 1949. Eisenhower didn't want to have the same kind of unpopularity for "losing Vietnam".His actions were not totally supported at home - some felt that Vietnam wasn't important to the prevention of Communism (it wasn't mentioned in the list of countries that should be protected in Kennan's 'long telegram' in 1946). Also, the war on Communism wasn't completely popular; his pulling-out from Korea had been well-received.But overall, he did indeed increase involvement in Vietnam.
What were three reasons conflict increased in the region in the late 1900s?
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