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US intervention in Vietnam
The United States intervention in Vietnam has continuously been a controversial matter that not everyone can agree upon. From a fair perspective, we will experiment the issue by answering the question of how and why the U.S. intervened in Vietnam from 1945 to 1963. By the apparent spread of Communism in Southeast Asia, the United States decided to provide economic and military assistance to Vietnam in order to help it remain a democratic country.
With China and North Korea becoming Communist countries, the United States tried to stop the spreading of Communism in Southeast Asia. During the Truman administration, Washington entered the war in fear that Asia would "fall into the Communist orbit if Ho Chi Minh were victorious in Indochina” (Lessons, 20). After the loss in North Kore...
The United States intervention in Vietnam has continuously been a controversial matter that not everyone can agree upon. From a fair perspective, we will experiment the issue by answering the question of how and why the U.S. intervened in Vietnam from 1945 to 1963. By the apparent spread of Communism in Southeast Asia, the United States decided to provide economic and military assistance to Vietnam in order to help it remain a democratic country.
With China and North Korea becoming Communist countries, the United States tried to stop the spreading of Communism in Southeast Asia. During the Truman administration, Washington entered the war in fear that Asia would "fall into the Communist orbit if Ho Chi Minh were victorious in Indochina” (Lessons, 20). After the loss in North Kore...
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