COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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The United States forces withdrew from Vietnam during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
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Disagreement over the war divided the American public.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson’s escalation of the war was a mistake.
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The Vietnam War had been the longest military conflict in United States history.
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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: -In this video segment adapted from American Experience, view archival photos, newsreel footage, and interviews to examine the decision-making process that led Lyndon Johnson to order increased United States military involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Terms in this set (12) Why did Johnson escalate the war in Vietnam? Johnson arguably had little choice but to continue the war because of the nation’s Cold War convictions, the Kennedy legacy and the failings of the Saigon Regime.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the end of 1964, American troop strength had risen to 16, 500, and on March 8, 1965 the first 3, 500 Marines landed at Danang, signaling the steady escalation, and attendant rising body count, that would earn “Johnson’s War” its sobriquet.