why did the US enter into the war in vietnam?
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Stage 1
Kennedy comes into office with complete confidence in the ability of the US to win the propaganda war against communism in the long run.
He comes to view his real enemies as those on the Soviet or US side who wish to provoke a military confrontation that could escalate out of control.
Kennedy has great faith in unconventional warfare, covert action, espionage and propaganda and that we can beat the communists at their own game.
He is a young man of great caution, who makes no important decision without consulting his family and chosen advisers.
Stage 2.
LBJ comes into office with a giant inferiority complex, a perception the country loved the Kennedies and despise him.He sets out to prove the public wrong, that he is better.
LBJ sees the conflict in Vietnam in traditional military terms. He sees no problem in having masses of US troops in uniform in the same country as masses of communist troops in uniform.
LBJ is a bully. His personal experience is if you raise the stakes high enough the other side will fold.He is the President of the US and the other side are little guys in pajamas.
While having many of the same Cabinet members as Kennedy, he does not really listen to contrary opinion.LBJ has no stop mechanism. Nobody ever says no to this guy.
By 1967 most academic and expert opinion is against Johnson's war. A larger problem is discovered in the next years which is that once the US is militarily committed it takes 5 years or so to change course. THis later problem has not yet been fixed.
Kennedy comes into office with complete confidence in the ability of the US to win the propaganda war against communism in the long run.
He comes to view his real enemies as those on the Soviet or US side who wish to provoke a military confrontation that could escalate out of control.
Kennedy has great faith in unconventional warfare, covert action, espionage and propaganda and that we can beat the communists at their own game.
He is a young man of great caution, who makes no important decision without consulting his family and chosen advisers.
Stage 2.
LBJ comes into office with a giant inferiority complex, a perception the country loved the Kennedies and despise him.He sets out to prove the public wrong, that he is better.
LBJ sees the conflict in Vietnam in traditional military terms. He sees no problem in having masses of US troops in uniform in the same country as masses of communist troops in uniform.
LBJ is a bully. His personal experience is if you raise the stakes high enough the other side will fold.He is the President of the US and the other side are little guys in pajamas.
While having many of the same Cabinet members as Kennedy, he does not really listen to contrary opinion.LBJ has no stop mechanism. Nobody ever says no to this guy.
By 1967 most academic and expert opinion is against Johnson's war. A larger problem is discovered in the next years which is that once the US is militarily committed it takes 5 years or so to change course. THis later problem has not yet been fixed.
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The US got involved in the Vietnam War because it did not want another country going to communism (and therefore the Soviet sphere of influence) after what happened in China.
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