THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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to prepare for the United States invasion of Laos
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to defend American bases in the Gulf of Tonkin
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to help the South Vietnamese revolt against the French
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to prevent the spread of communism into South Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -China had become communist in 1949 and communists were in control of North Vietnam. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -September 1950-Truman sends the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Indochina to Vietnam to assist the French. The President claimed they were not sent as combat troops, but to supervise the use of $10 million worth of U.S. military equipment to support the French in their effort to fight the Viet Minh forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -May 1961-President Kennedy sends 400 American Green Beret ‘Special Advisors’ to South Vietnam to train South Vietnamese soldiers in methods of ‘counter-insurgency’ in the fight against Viet Cong guerrillas.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Cold War, the U.S. Government feared that communism would spread and threaten democracy around the world. In Vietnam, the United States committed to battling communism financially at first, by supporting South Vietnam – who fought for Vietnam to be aligned with western allies like the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -During that period–and once they got the French out the fear of the Communists under Ho Chi Minh taking over the country, our idea was initially to send over advisors to assist with advising the Vietnamese Army and fighting the war.