America 's Involvement Of The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was one of the most deadliest wars in America, many were killed and even more injured. The war began because of America’s efforts to stop the spread of communism. The Vietcong may of won the war but America showed that we will not let communism spread, the domino theory come into effect, and America’s faults in our war program and way to attack the Vietcong. The war was lost but from a overview of the war America learned from their lose.

The Vietnam war has been referred to by many names, one of the longer ones was 'the cornerstone of the free world southeast Asia'. It was called that by John F. Kennedy. He was talking about Vietnam being and essential country in a non-communist world. He believed that if Vietnam became a communist country, all of the surrounding countries would also become communists. This is the main reason America was involved in the Vietnam war. Another reason was that America wanted to spread their “political ideas around the globe”. They wanted to do this so that their anti-communism stance was clear. The public also wanted to keep communism from spreading. To soldiers, the war was like a crusade, a great journey to purge the communists from Vietnam.

The Vietnam War began in 1954 after years of conflict stretching back to the 1940s between the communist regime of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was attempting to make South Vietnam a communist country; since we are a democracy, the United States opposes the views of communist countries, and because we feared the spread of communism the United States became involved as an ally of South Vietnam. The war ended in 1975, resulting in disastrous effects on Vietnam and America. The assertion of the United States in this war rose controversy among Americans, and I disagree with our involvement in the Vietnam War because of the United States’ reasons to fight.

The war in Vietnam was a very contestable event for America and an overall major impact of the cold war. Fear of the spread of communism was on the rise again as Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam wanted to unite the country under one communist leadership. The United States entered into the war to prevent this spread of communism to further their reputation of containing it as they have done in the past. While there are positives to the war in Vietnam, it seems as if there are more negatives in the situation which include massive casualties on both sides, chemical warfare, and a divided nation back home.

The Vietnam War was a conflict, which the United States involved itself in unnecessarily and ultimately lost. The basis of the conflict was simple enough: Communism vs. Capitalism, yet the conduct of the Vietnam War was complex and strategic, and brought repercussions which had never been seen before. The struggle between North and South had an almost inevitable outcome, yet the Americans entered the War optimistic that they could aid the falling South and sustain democracy. The American intentions for entering the Vietnam conflict were good, yet when the conflict went horribly wrong, and the resilient North Vietnamese forces, or ‘Viet Cong' as they were known, refused to yield, the United States saw they were fighting a losing battle.

Over thirty years ago the Vietnam War ended, and the U.S. came back home with their tails between their legs and nothing to show for other than a high number of casualties, and a huge pile of debt. The U.S. underestimated the North Vietnamese army, and it was costly. Many believe that the Vietnam War was none of the U.S. business, but on the contrary, many believe we should have tried to stop the spread of communism. The long-lasting Vietnam War was unnecessary for the U.S. to be a part of; it put many people through unneeded stress and hard times.

In 1961 the worst war ever fought by America had just started. The Vietnamese of the north also known as the Viet Cong had invaded the south to take control of the entire country. America and other democratic countries felt the spread of communism to this country would be a stepping-stone for other communistic countries around the world, also known as the Domino Effect. America, as cocky as they were, invaded Vietnam to help the southern Vietnamese. Although America is one of the most powerful countries in the world, it extremely underestimated the dedication of their enemy. Backed by China and the USSR, the Viet Cong were a determined and very tough enemy. The Vietnam War as a whole was a terrible act by the US government. Vietnam was

Many ordinary Americans saw from the start that we could not possibly win Vietnam for the South Vietnamese. It was regarded as a "no-winner" (Encarta IV, C). Even so, we supported South Vietnam with containment, which was the Cold War policy of keeping Communism within its borders, instead of trying to get rid of it. Unlike the Korean War, we fought to keep South Vietnam, but we did not fight to gain control of North Vietnam.

Americas inability to attain the “Hearts and Minds” of the Vietnamese population led to a constantly growing opposition ensuring that for every one “gook” the Americans killed there were always 2 more to replace him. No matter how many casualties USA inflicted on Vietnam the continuous supply of people would eventually beat the policy restricted US. ‘You can kill 10 of my men for everyone I kill of yours, but in the end I will win and you will lose”.

Secondly, America’s involvement in the war was under President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s governing force and it was his decision whether or not America should have entered the Vietnam War. The former president always wanted freedom for all and did what he could to provide it. During a speech led by a strong Vietnam believing citizen named Ho Chi Minh, he talks about the Declaration of Independence and how he wants just as America wanted; freedom for all. Ho Chi Minh stated that the “French appealed to the United States for assistance, but President Eisenhower decided not to comply [, and] France finally had to surrender its position in Vietnam” (Doc. B). Although America didn’t help the French in this situation they did agree on French action and at one point “The French pushed Ho into the countryside and established a puppet government, which was recognized and supported by the U.S. government” (Doc. B). The United States at this time would not agree or comply with any actions unless America was to gain something. In this situation, America would only help the French with military help if the French would give the associated areas

Throughout history the US has fought many wars for example, the US revolution, the Civil War, WWI, WWII and the cold war these are all wars, but none of them compare to the war between the US and Vietnam. Why would the world most powerful country see Vietnam as a threat? This is the question that many were asking. After World War II US feel threaten by the rise of communism in Asia Vietnam just happen to be one of these countries that US feel threaten by. Many people refer to the US and Vietnam war as one of the most bloodies war the US have ever fought. I got the chance to interview Sharon Meeker who happen to live during the Vietnam War. She explains the reason many people die during the Vietnam war was because most of the US soldiers were

Though out history, American has had its hand in conflict with other countries. Some of those conflicts have turned out into wars. Looking back at America’s “track record” with war, America has a worthy past of having its citizen’s support. Obviously the two World Wars we not controversial. The United States in the Korean War was criticized, fairly, for its strategy, but the need to defend South Korea was never questioned. In only the Vietnam War was the United States’ very participation criticized. This is such a gigantic change with prior wars that it bears study as to why it happened, and better yet, should have it happened. This paper will discuss the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War, by asking the simple question, Should have the Untied States’ gotten involved into the first place. This paper will prove that in fact, America should have not gotten involved with the Vietnam War.

The United States of America used a giant lie of freedom, democracy, and a communism scare to invade Vietnam. According to A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn, the U.S. is only interested in “rice, rubber, teak, corn, tin, spices, oil, and many others” that the country has to offer (Zinn 475). Vietnam has been a quiet country until the war started. Many problems occurred when the United States used a man name Diem to control Vietnam. Many tragic things had happened during this incident like murders and burning down villages. Many people would rather go to jail than kill innocents lives. The war was simply taking advantage of this country resource that it could be compel into giving the United States.

The Vietnam War was a war that was unnecessary. That is why many people today call it the "unwinnable war", because it was simple, the United States just could not defeat the Vietnamese. The immorality of the U.S. in Vietnam started in 1963. President Kennedy said "a Pax Americana on the world by American weapons of war, ", but he had in the act, already gave weapons to the South Vietnamese to fight against the North Vietnamese. Kennedy’s commitment to be a strong anticommunist and vigorous foreign policy was thought to come from the president before him, Eisenhower. When Kennedy took office, already more than $1 billion in aid and military advisers were sent to South Vietnam to stabilize it, but it was failing. The United States faced a challenge

For more than 30 years America had been involved with Vietnam, but in those 30 years they turned to suffering for both the Vietnamese and Americans and many more countries. The fighting lasted for 8 years and mainly only happened in Vietnam where land, air, and water battles took place. Bombings, chemicals, and killing turned into a game for many soldiers which led to lasting suffering even after the war ended. Once the war was over, America had just finished their most unsuccessful war to date. That time gave America important lessons to be learned from the many erroneous things that had been done. Learning from the mistakes made are crucial for America if the country wants to win another war in the future. Many lessons were learned