Vietnam War Research Paper

The Vietnam War was a long costly conflict, which occurred with Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam that marked the communists regime in North Vietnam and southern allies. The United States joined South Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism. They fought against North Vietnam and the southern part of Vietnam that was already communist known as the Vietcong. It is known as “the only war America ever lost” since they did not get a military victory and the North Vietnam government took over South Vietnam after the defeat.

First of all, the war begins when Ho Chi Minh rises to power and made North Vietnam communist. President Harry S. Truman authorized a program of economic and military aid to French, who were fighting to get control of their Indochina

President John F. Kennedy sent a team in 1961 to report conditions in South Vietnam and advised more American military, economic and technical aid in order to help confront the Vietcong threats. They were working through the idea of the domino theory, so Kennedy increased U.S. help. By 1962 the U.S military presence in South Vietnam had greatly increased compared to the 1950s. U.S involvement in the war; the Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964. Two U.S destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam communicated that they had been faries upon by North Vietnamese forces. This cause the 2 escalation of

The president during the time, Lyndon B. Johnson, had administration statements and policies about the Vietnam War, which was constantly used to describe the public skepticism. The credibility gap was mostly used as the term of "missile gap" which was used by Senator John F. Kennedy, on August 4, 1958, when he had stated, "Our nation could have afforded, and can afford now, the steps necessary to close the missile gap." After the Vietnam War came to an end, the "credibility gap" became widely used by political opponents through cases where an actual, perceived existed through public pronouncements. As an example, the term was used from Richard Nixon, when handling the Vietnam War. When the government was still taking eighteen year olds to war and many friends and family saw how horrible the war was and many bodies were just there lying around national T.V. many Americans reacted and that’s when the Anti-War movement was attracting many college students and from many campuses were coming along. This was the role of media during the Vietnam war. It was the first televised war and it had a negative impact on people since they saw so many tragedies. Another role that the media played during the war was the political leaders were able to reach out to the people and gain the support on some