THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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He committed more and more troops to Vietnam as time went on
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He attacked the Vietnamese with bombs dropped from airplanes, not ground troops
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He began using nuclear weapons to destroy Communist strongholds
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He invited many other countries to join the US military in Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the 7th February, 1965 President Johnson ordered the escalation of armed forces in Vietnam, thereby plunging America into a full-scale military conflict. Historical judgements have coined a catalogue of suggestions for U.S. engrossment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The plan for a “slow squeeze” of Hanoi envisioned military measures of gradually increasing intensity. Johnson hoped this low-key approach would preserve support for the Great Society at home while crippling Hanoi’s ability to support the insurgency in South Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-4: -Johnson chose a strategy of escalation in 1965? His military advisors argued that escalation was the only way to win in Vietnam. Targeted airstrikes had proven effective in disrupting the flow of supplies from the North to the South. With his reelection, he could pursue the strategy he had planned all along.