Explain under what circumstances did the U.S enter the vietnam war ?
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Fear of communism: This always haunted the capitalist USA. The US had resolved to fight against this dragon in any part of the world. When communism raised its ugly head in Vietnam, the US did not keep quit as a spectator, it jumped into the war fare.
French Debacle:US entry into the Vietnam war was the outcome of humilating defeat of the France, a European country, at the hands of a small Asian country Vietnam. Being the leader of the capitalist world, US wanted to teach Vietnam a lesson. Secondly, France was an alloy of the US in Second World War.
(i) After the Geneva Peace Agreement, Vietnam was divided into the North and South Vietnam.
(ii) Ho Chi Minh and the Communists, took power in the North while Bao Dai’s regime was put in power in the South.
(iii) The Bao Dai regime was soon overthrown by a coup led by Ngo Dinh Diem.
(iv) His rule was opposed by many people and organisations including the National Liberation Front (NLF). The NLF wanted unification of the country.
(v) America wanted the anti-communist government in South Vietnam to continue at any cost. So it directly entered the war.