president Johnson
1965.
His commitment to containing communism
The philosophy of the time was containment of the spread of communism and this meant that Southeast Asia was important in that calculation. In reading about JFK he had planned to get the United States out of Vietnam, but he was killed too soon and changed history.
Lyndon B Johnson
He feared a communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam.
President Johnson believed that the US could defeat north Vietnam because the US had won WWII with firepower, and the US had the most firepower on earth during the Vietnam War.
During the Cold War, many believed that limiting the spread of Communism was necessary for the security of the United States and its allies.
President Johnson believed in the domino theory. He feared a communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam.
He didn't
Johnson and Nixon
Johnson.
Johnson and Nixon.
I believe that was Lyndon B. Johnson. America's involvement in Vietnam was limited until he became president. According to Wikipedia, "It was Johnson who began America's direct involvement in the ground war in Vietnam." See the Related Links below for more information.
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Johnson
He stopped the bombing of North Vietnam.