United States' Involvement in Vietnam

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United States' Involvement in Vietnam The sources provide are useful in many ways, however some can be considered more useful than others. From the 3 sources it seems to suggest that electoral reasons were the main causes of helping Vietnam fight against communism. President Johnson speech to the public before the start of Operation Rolling Thunder seems to suggest that he was pressured into helping Vietnam's fight against communism. This is because every president since 1954 helped South Vietnam by the use of armed forces. America had never lost a war. The reality that he might be the first president to lose a war persuaded Johnson to send more armed forces and fight the war against communism. America had helped South Korea to become independent of communism from the North. This action showed that America had a tough line on communism, for this reason it was hard for the Americans to ignore the communism attack in Vietnam. Armed forces were fighting the war in Vietnam and the momentum issue of helping them out also contributed to Johnson's decision to help South Vietnam. USA backed up the South Vietnam government. This action was intended to bring in a US government into South of Vietnam. This meant that President Johnson had very little choice of backing away from the war in Vietnam. President Johnson also had to show the world that the United States was prepared to help countries that faced invasion by communism. This is strongly mentioned in President Johnson's speech that America is committed to its 'word.' That it will help any country that is being inflicted by communism. President Johnson in source A is afraid that communism would spread like the 'domino affect.' This is the theory that when one country fell to communism the nearby countries would also. President Johnson clearly gives out his feelings and intentions about the war in Vietnam. President Johnson's ideas and thoughts about the war are expressed in a private conversation in May 1964. The source shows that President Johnson is infuriated to the fact that America is involvement in

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