THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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the Civil War
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the American Revolution
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the Vietnam War
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WWII
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson’s presidency took place during the Cold War and his foreign policy prioritised containment of communism. Prior to his presidency, the U.S. was already involved in the Vietnam War, supporting South Vietnam against the communist North.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. had stationed advisory military personnel in South Vietnam since the 1950s, but Johnson presided over a major escalation of the U.S. role in the Vietnam War. After the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, he obtained congressional approval to use military force to repel future attacks by North Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -The major initiative in the Lyndon Johnson presidency was the Vietnam War. By 1968, the United States had 548, 000 troops in Vietnam and had already lost 30, 000 Americans there. Johnson’s approval ratings had dropped from 70 percent in mid-1965 to below 40 percent by 1967, and with it, his mastery of Congress.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave the President a “blank check” to wage the war in Vietnam as he saw fit. After Lyndon Johnson was elected President in his own right that November, he chose escalate the conflict.
Detailed explanation-5: -LBJ’s 1965 Decision to Escalate the Vietnam War.