name three reasons why the united states got involved in vietnam.?

Question

further explain why the united states did could not exit vietnam untill 1975

Answer 1

Just one reason:
Misguided attempt to get involved in a civil war, that in the eyes of America, was to liberate the country from communist forces.

Answer 2

Do not understand why the Americans got sucked into Vietnam so easily. It started in a quite small way back in c1963/1964 but grew in time to a war on a massive scale.

In all likelihood what was really happening in Vietnam was a conventional war between the US and China.

In the end, the Americans were simply beaten by a small army of little dark skinned men with bicycles in the jungle.

The British refused to enter the Vietnam war. Best move we ever made. Why did we change? Maybe because the Americans helped us in the Falklands, who knows.

What has always puzzled me about the Americans and the Vietnam war, is why did the Americans believe they could do better than the French Foreign Legion? I just find this notion so gob-smacking as to be almost unbelievable. If the French Foreign Legion cannot win, then no one else can either.

You have to bear in mind that in the 1950s and 1960s the French Foreign Legion was heavily populated by former members of the Waffen SS. You think the Yanks can do better than these soldiers?

Answer 3

The domino theory of communism spreading through South Est Asia
The SEATO, a defence treaty that involved countries on the pacific rim including USA and Australia
South Korea. If the Viets were allowed to go red without a fight S Korea was vulnerable and US has a defence treaty there.

They got bogged down in fighting a guerrilla war with helios and ground troops. It was unwinnable because they lost the hears and minds of the South Viets. They should have looked at the Malayan Crisis and how the Brits won over the people in the hooly.

Answer 4

1) The military-industrial complex were getting a little short on beer money

2) The US government wanted to flex its muscles and say 'Look at what we can do' to the Soviet and Chinese governments

3) The US government wanted to try and stir up the masses at home to detract attention from its own failings. And what better way to do that than a good old war

So, using the fictional 'Gulf of Tonkin' incident as a pretext for war, a generation was sent marching off to war. Some came home with severe mental damage, some came home drug addicts, some came home crippled, some came home burnt beyond recognition, some came home in coffins, and some didnt come home at all

Then the privileged few (such as George Dubya etc etc) had their daddies pull a few strings and keep them safe at home in the national guard for the duration of the war (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_unit)

Answer 5

After WWll Ho Chi Minh came to U.S. and asked for political assistance to end 200 years of French occupation, instead of supporting freedom and democracy, we supported our French allies. A dozen or so years later the French ran home licking their wounds, leaving us holding the bag. Lacking our support Ho turned to the communists for aid, which then gave us another reason to oppose him. Ho Chi Minh had never really been a communist, but sought out alliances wherever he could. Russia and China relished the opportunity to bog us down in such a failing quagmire, just as we were happy to support the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan in the early eighties. " The enemy of my enemy is my friend". The "Domino" effect was a concern I'm sure; but would have never been an issue if U.S. hadn't chased the Viet Minh into the arms of our enemy.
Add to that the military industrial establishment that Eisenhauer warned us about that would profit from all the arms that would be bought and consumed, they stood to earn billions.

Answer 6

To stop the spread of communism and a means to expand USA interests in another country, thirdly pure greed.
The reason They never pulled out until 1975 was their pride, it didn't look good that a third world country eventually got the upper hand in the war.

Answer 7

1) To protect the interests of our Capitalist masters.
2) A bit of live target practice for the troops
3) Utter stupidity

Could'nt exit Vietnam because the arms and aircraft manufacturers were making way too much money.

Answer 8

One reason. President Eisenhower signed a treaty with Vietnam in the 50s to help protect them. When the problems started President Kennedy-Johnson had to help as per treaty.Notice the last two were democrats who sent the first troops as police action.It took Nixon(Republican) to end the war with thousands that died for nothing at all.He ended our involvement and broke many promises because the Americans did not want to be over there. So Our soldiers got spit on kicked and demoralized just because us as American did not want to be there. Sound familiar?

Answer 9

1. Stop the Spread of Communism
2. France was an ally who pulled out, allowing the Communists to establish a Northern Socialist state that by the end of the 50's was fomenting revolution in the South.
(See reason one)
3. The US backed a coup of President Diem when he turned out to be "not acceptable" in stopping this revolution. (See reason One). By 1961 our President Kennedy was substantially helping the South's Military. (By '63 he was disillusioned with it all and was openly talking about pulling out, despite what his VP thought. In Nov. he was dead and the war escalated massively. Go figure.)

Answer 10

As an auto based economy, there was serious concern about the "domino effect" allowing communist influence to spread across southeast asia to the rubber plantations in Malaysia. These had to be protected, otherwise there would be a serious shortage of tires.

In about 1974, the process for making synthetic rubber out of petroleum was perfected, making those plantations irrelevant.

The decision to abandon Vietnam was announced within days.

Three reasons? You're joking.

Answer 11

To stop the spread of communism and contain it and to aid our allies in in not being taken over by the north which didnt happen until we left. But the policy of communism was containment. If south nam wasnt aided by the US then they might not have been in NATO and would probably have become a very strong united communist country and and spread communism. So containment.