can anyone explain why each president got increaseingly involved in vietnam?

Answer 1

A the time that the President Kennedy became involved in the war, the United States believed in a "domino theory" where various nations would turn communist, creating more inertia and turning other nations communist until the world became a single communist state. The nation was in a state of agitation due to the Cuban Missile crisis and Secretary of State McNamara and his people firmly believed that Viet-Nam would become part of a Chinese communist empire, eventually taking over all of Asia. They operated in complete ignorance of the fact that the Vietnamese had been fighting the Chinese invaders for centuries and would never surrender to Chinese rule. Even when President Johnson was aware that 80% of the country was against the United States, it became a matter of national pride not to leave.

For further clarity I highly recommend the movie "Fog of War.”

Answer 2

America was accustomed to winning any war she participated in, as time went on it became increasingly clear to her that she was not going to do so this time. Instead of withdrawing , she increased her support with more men and arms, she was in so deep by then that she could not get out. France befor her was in a similar position, so she just packed up and left the country, which left S. Vietnam in real trouble. The world took a dim view of Frances` action, America did not want the same to be said of her,

Answer 3

There were only three involved, so there aren't enough "observations" to make a trendline like you presume.

Kennedy sent advisors, and didn't officially commit troops. About the time that he was assassinated and replaced by Johnson, Diem was ousted in the first of a series of coups, and our involvement gradually grew under Johnson.

Nixon inherited the war years later, and first attempted to win it, but ultimately got pinned with the blame for us being there in the first place, and got us out because of a lack of public support and support in Congress.

Answer 4

The president in those days - and to an extent now - didn't rule. Public opinion and Congress did that. Although in the case of Vietnam, public opinion soon changed its mind!

Answer 5

Because they were forced to by the arms manufacturers and the u.s. military. President Kennedy tried to get out of Vietnam despite the warnings of his military chief's and the south Vietnamese. He chose to ignore them and it cost him his life.

Answer 6

Yeah it was based on the Caesar philosophy- generate fear and isolate the weak

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