US Involvement In The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a long war fought from 1954-1975. It was a war whether Vietnam was going to be communist ruled by the North Vietnam or was it going to be “democratic” by the South Vietnamese. The United States gave aid with supplies and military to the South Vietnamese. At the end, communism was spread through Vietnam.

In 1946, President Truman sent money $160 million to aid French because they wanted to keep Vietnam, but Vietnam wanted its own independence. French and Vietnam came up with the Geneva Agreement. Consequently, the United States had not signed it, yet they wanted to beat the communist in North Vietnam. During the administration of Eisenhower in 1955, communism became a threat to Asia concerning that the United States supported South Vietnam. The United States believed if North Vietnam became in power and converted South Vietnam into communist the other Southeast Asia will also fall into communist this was known as the “Domino Theory.” The United States sent aid to South Vietnam, but didn’t want to send troops.

Vietnam began to escalate by getting the United States involved in the war. This incident permitted for President Johnson to take all measures necessary to prevent another attack this was known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and troops were sent to Vietnam to aid the south. In 1965, Credibility Gap was questioning during the administration of President Johnson it question his involvement of the war in his policies, and the decisions he made for the war effort. The public wanted to see if what President Lyndon B. Johnson was true. Consequently, the media got involved in the war; televisions became popular during the 1960s, the war was broadcasting the war after the death of President Diem. People in the US were worried and had negative opinions. The media supported that the United States was getting involved in the