THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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war bonds
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selective service military draft
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rationing
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The Marshall Plan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Having secured Congressional authorization with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, Johnson launched a bombing campaign in the North, and in March 1965, dispatched 3, 500 marines to South Vietnam. With this speech, Johnson laid the political groundwork for a major commitment of U.S. troops.
Detailed explanation-2: -Students should know that Operation Rolling Thunder was the name given to America’s sustained bombing campaign in North Vietnam that began in early 1965.
Detailed explanation-3: -when the U.S. could have withdrawn from Vietnam.” Instead, Johnson escalated because he did not have a better alternative. By February 1965 the situation had morphed into perilous anarchy. Between the Diem coup and Johnson’s escalation Saigon fell to seven different governmental factions.