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How did the vietcong insurgency affect american policy toward vietnam?
The vietcong strikes convinced President Kennedy to send American military advisers to South Vietnam
What was true about the end of the Vietnam War?
At the end of the Vietnam War, Congress refused to support South Vietnam any longer.
Which nation was most threatened by the strategy Nixon chose to end the Vietnam?
South Vietnam
What were the Vietnamese motives for fighting the Vietnam War?
Communist NORTH Vietnam wanted to re-unite with it's SOUTHERN half; SOUTH Vietnam. The US backed South Vietnam desired to remain a non-communist Republic of South Vietnam. Because the "Communists" were involved, and this was the cold war era; the US had to stop & contain communism. The North attacked the South, the South resisted...Vietnam War.
The enemy was hard to find in the of South Vietnam?
The enemy was hard to find in the jungles of South Vietnam. The answer is jungles.
Where were hundreds of civillians massacred in 1968?
The town (village) of My Lai, South Vietnam.
Which American president began the united policy of aid to south Vietnam?
Eisenhower.
What was a harsh reconstruction policy that applied to the south?
To be 50% loyal to the north
How did America's political decision led to fighting in Vietnam?
The policy of Soviet (Communist) containment meant that the communists would not be allowed to take over South Vietnam. We would destroy the communists in South Vietnam and contain them to NORTH Vietnam.
President Nixon's policy on Vietnam placed emphasis on what?
Vietnamization was the policy of leaving Vietnam, but leaving slow enough to where the South Vietnamese Army would have time to adjust. In hindsight, Vietnamization got the U.S out of Vietnam, but also caused Vietnam to fall to the Communists.
American policy toward the end of Vietnam war?
America's policy was that we had spent enough lives and money trying to save a corrupt and inept country that couldn't defend itself (South Vietnam). Now it was time to let the inevitable happen, and that was to let South Vietnam fall to North Vietnam. The USA did it's best, but, we couldn't do anymore.
What was President Nixon policy to replace us troops in Vietnam with south vietnamese troops?
Vietnamization
What was the ultimate goal of the vietnamization policy?
Novanet ~ South Vietnam would learn to defend itself
What was the ultimate goal of Nixon's vietnamization policy?
South Vietnam would learn to defend itself
What was the ultimate goal of president Nixon's vietnamzation policy?
South Vietnam would learn to defend itself.
What is vietnamiztion?
vi·et·nam·i·za·tion/vēˌetnəməˈzāSHən/Noun: (in the Vietnam War) The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
What US foreign policy issue was a motivation for American intervention in Vietnam?
The fact that Vietnam was being taken over by a dictator was one of the foreign policy issues that motivated American intervention in Vietnam. At first, the Americans were just there to teach the people of South Vietnam to defend themselves through the establishment of an army. There was also the Containment Policy, which was the United States' foreign policy to prevent more countries from "acquiring the disease of Communism".
