PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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the US had access to much more advanced military technology
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the Vietnamese utilized guerrilla warfare effectively
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it convinced congress to let president Johnson send troops to Vietnam
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the US was able to achieve victory due to tremendous support for the war in america
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Detailed explanation-1: -Basically because the Vietnamese wanted to win more than the Americans did. There were a couple of reasons for this. First, the Americans were an invading force, and the Vietnamese were fighting on their own soil. Second, the Americans were not willing to make an all-out commitment to win.
Detailed explanation-2: -❖ The cultural weaknesses of the USA in Vietnam. ❖ The political and public opposition to the war in the USA. ❖ The military weaknesses of the American forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lyndon Johnson ordered the first real combat by American troops, and Richard Nixon concluded the war. Despite the decades of resolve, billions and billions of dollars, nearly 60, 000 American lives and many more injuries, the United States failed to achieve its objectives.
Detailed explanation-4: -The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.