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The political instability in Vietnam from 1950 to 1975 between the communist North Vietnam and anti-communist South Vietnam during the Cold War era has led to the United States’ inevitable intervention in Vietnam. The main motivators for the United States’ incremental decision to intervene and commitment in Vietnam can be viewed as an accumulation of socio-political, political and economic catalysts. In recognition that there were many other factors that may have contributed to the U.S’s involvement in the conflict in Vietnam, this essay will largely focus on these three factors. As the cold war resonates, the American’s crusade was propelled by the fears of the domino theory and perception of Communist threat and expansion affected the views of the public on a socio-political level. The American’s renege of 1954 Geneva Accords about Vietnam and its desire to further improve relations with the French acted as a political stimulant for US involvement. Finally, the likely presence of a military-industrial complex in Vietnam suggests an explanation of the American’s attempt to upload its economic dominance over the third world and explains their increased military commitment in Vietnam as the war progressed.
The America’s Vietnam War in Indochina was predominantly spiralled by the tensions between two opposing ideologies, Communism and Democracy. The phrases of the American’s intervention in the conflict of Vietnam can be duly conveyed in three main stages – initiation, escalation and withdrawal. In 1959, the gradual intensification of the military conflict between North and South Vietnam gave rise to the growing frustration in North Vietnam as the US intervention and defiance of the 1954 Geneva Accords proceeds to refuse any reun...
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