USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Credibility gap is a term that came into wide use with journalism, political and public discourse in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public scepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson administration’s statements and policies on the Vietnam War.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a situation in which the things that someone says are not believed or trusted because of the difference between what is said and what seems to be true. There is a credibility gap between what the mayor says and what the people see happening in the city.

Detailed explanation-3: -Why did the Tet Offensive contribute to the credibility gap during the Vietnam War? Although North Vietnam was technically the loser in the TET Offensive, in its aftermath American citizens realized that North Vietnam would not be as easy to defeat as government and military leaders had claimed.

Detailed explanation-4: -when the U.S. could have withdrawn from Vietnam.”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.