THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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to help Vietnamese get rid of French colonizers
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to provide humanitarian assistance
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to annex some or all of Vietnam
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to continue practicing containment
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Detailed explanation-1: -The aim was to prevent Communist domination of South-East Asia. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy, convinced that Communist China was actively supporting North Vietnam, approved a US military campaign in Vietnam to help the nationalist government stave off the Communist rebellion.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States’ main goal in Vietnam was to prevent a communist takeover of the entire nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism.
Detailed explanation-4: -The doctrine of containment argued that all-out war should be avoided, but the US should pledge itself to stopping any new communist governments, or preventing any existing communist governments from expanding.