Why did president Johnson believe that it was important for the United states to win Vietnam?

Answer 1

my answer for Apex was: He feared a Communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam :)

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Answer 2

to prevent communism from spreading~apex

Answer 3

He believed in the domino theory

(Got it right on Apex)

Answer 4

After Frances defeat at Dien Bien Phu a series of meetings were held in Geneva to discuss the future of Indochina. The outcome - the Geneva Accords - being a military truce but no political solution, however Eisenhower's failure to recognise the right of Vietnam to become an independent state (believing it to be vital for there to be a free and democratic Vietnam to block communist expansion in South East Asia) began to provide economic and military aid.

Although debatable whether Eisenhower began the US commitment to success in Vietnam, he certainly made it very difficult for his successors to do anything but continue the involvement.

John F. Kennedy, elected as US President in 1960 didn't make any particular attempt to discontinue involvement, or to regulate increased involvement. Born to a family of Catholic Millionaires and who's father had a fanatical hatred for communism, JFK was a firm Cold Warrior who attacked Truman for "losing China" - to communism - and great believer in containment and the domino theory.

By 1963, the start of Johnson's presidency, there were around 16,000 military advisers in South Vietnam. Johnson, like JFK was also a firm believer in containment and after the August 2nd and 4th Gulf of Tonkin incidents this number was increased and the advisers roles widened.

It is debatable why exactly Johnson decided to send combat troops to Vietnam. A Neo-Revisionist view may be that Johnson merely continued the work of John F Kennedy and that it would be 'Kennedy's War' had it not been for his assassination. It is likely however that Johnson's reasons were an amalgamation of a number of different factors. Firstly, the US's rising commitment to success in Vietnam, sparked by President Truman, furthered by Eisenhower and the rise of McCarthyism and continued by Kennedy. Secondly, Johnson's belief in containment to counter the domino effect. And Thirdly, rising political pressure for a hard-line approach on communism.
North Vietnamese Navy attacked the United States Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.

Answer 5

He may have made the statement, "I don't want to be the first US president to have lost a war." If that was the case, "winning the war" either becomes very important, or at least "not losing the war" equally important.He believed in the Domino effect theory. apex!

-To prevent communism from spreading

Answer 6

President Johnson believed that it was most important for the US to win in Vietnam because communists were spread around the world and Australia and the us feared that the domino theory was becoming true, the only way in which they could stop it was by assisting south Vietnam, to defeat the north Vietnam.

Answer 7

President Johnson believed in the domino theory. He feared a communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam. Any other outcome than victory would be an embarrassment.

Answer 8

President Johnson believed in the domino theory. He feared a communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam. Any other outcome than victory would be an embarrassment.

Answer 9

becuase he thought beating communists would make the people in Europe and asia would fear the u.s and get more respect

Answer 10

he believed in the domino theory apex