China's Involvement In The Vietnam War

In 1972, Nixon began normalizing relations with the communist People’s Republic of China by traveling to Beijing for a week of talks. The People’s Republic of China and U.S. troops fought in Korea during the early 1950s and had been enemies. Nixon’s trip to China was meant for a even deeper wedge between the two most significant communist powers. The U.S. benefited by having closer diplomatic relations with China. This also helped with leverage in dealing with the Soviets, mainly in Vietnam. The United States also took advantage of the Chinese as a counterweight to North Vietnam. People believed that instead of using Vietnam to contain China, Nixon resulted in more success to use China to contain Vietnam. The People’s Republic of China had

Like a moth to a flame, the United States has always been attracted to international affairs. In this particular case communism in Vietnam was the flame that leered American bugs in, not knowing that they would be brutally burned by communism in the end. From 1953 to 1961, all the initial decisions involving Vietnam were made by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who once served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe as well as the first Supreme Commander of NATO. Thus, Eisenhower was very knowledgeable about war issues and was prepared to tackle pending conflicts and avert the dispersal of communism when he came into office. Communism was an immense fear of this great patriot, who witnessed to the “Red Scare” during the

“On October 17, 1973, Arab oil producers declared an embargo that drastically limited the shipment of oil to the United States” (OPEC 1). Arab countries refused to sell oil to the United States because of the Yom Kippur War, a war between Egypt and Israel. In this war, United states was backing up Israel by supporting them and giving them weapons, which angered Arab leaders. Arabs started limiting the shipment of oil to the United States. The embargo, however, brought crisis to the US with unequal proportions. US citizens were very panicky because of the shortage of gas and oil. Ultimately, the US economy slowed down, leaving its’ citizens to to be dependent on domestic resources. Shipment of oil in the country dropped by 1 million barrels,

The Vietnam War was fought between South and North Vietnam over the reunification of Vietnam. The North fought a more conventional warfare and it was supported by the Soviets and other communist countries while the South fought more of a guerilla war and was supported by the US and other anti-communist countries. Of course the US got involved and supported the South because of the Truman Doctrine in which aided any country who felt threatened by communism and prevented the spread of communism, the US got involved and supported them by going into war and using military tactics such as airstrikes and large stratgetic bombings. One major thing the US had going on was the Domino theory which applied to most US foreign policies, this justified their support for non-communist regimes. North Vietnam saw this war as something small while the US saw it as a way to prevent communism taking over another country and eventually the US got involved in the long run. Although the North Vietnamese won and unified Vietnam under communism, and the US had no success in preventing this, communism failed to spread through the rest of Southeast Asia.

The Vietnam War lasted for two decades and started in 1945. Due to the Vietnam War, it caused the United States to lose a large amount of things by the end of the war in 1975. One thing the United States lost during the Vietnam War was their people (troops and civilians). A total of 15,058 United States troops were killed and as many as 109,527 were wounded. They also lost a lot of their money, by spending billions and billions of dollars every year paying for war they began putting their economy in dept. Another thing the United States lost in Vietnam was all of the support that their American citizens were giving them. There was lack of support for the United States because of their involvement in the Vietnam war. These American supporters

The United States involvement in the Vietnam War developed into one of the most brutal, yet necessary wars of The Cold War. Although the war was viewed poorly by most, it helped a weak, crumbling South Vietnam stand up to a strong powerful North Vietnam that was forcing communism on them. President Johnson even stated that “Our objective is the independence of South Vietnam and its freedom from attack.” The United States wanted to stop an oppressive government and to make sure the world is a safer, freer place for all people. The Vietnam War was worth fighting for as it sent a message to the world that communism is not the right form of government and that the United States was here to support small nations in dire circumstances. The war

After World War Two, the United States government was very apprehensive about the spread of communism(Nash 592). The post war landscape saw the failing of the colonial powers with many former colonies achieving independence. Communism or socialism appealed to some of these countries and the U.S. worried that communism would spread to neighboring countries and viewed this expansion as a threat to democracy. America responded to this threat of expansion with the policy of containment. A government report in 1950 stated that “the goals of containment were to block further expansion of the soviet union, expose the falsities of soviet pretensions, induce a retraction of the kremlin's control and influence, and foster the seeds of destruction

In the beginning, the United States always pushed forth the idea they were becoming involved in the war in Vietnam in order to send out aid to France, who was an ally of theirs. After the United Nations began setting up a plan to help France, the United States suggested splitting up the Communist and Democratic portions of Vietnam, with the communists having control over the North, while the Kennedy administration continued to send military aid to the Southern portions of Vietnam.

To begin with, the operation of invading Cambodia came into the greater scheme of the Vietnam War. This all began in 1955 with The Communist North Vietnamese wanting a union with the Anti-Communist South Vietnamese, which was promptly refused. As a result war broke out and now the South Vietnamese not only had to deal with the north but also with a communist supporting group in the south known as the Viet Cong. This intensified the war as they were a guerrilla based group that would repeatedly ambush and attack the south at night.

The Vietnam War was a very intensified war among multiple countries. It was know as the Second IndoChina War and took place in South/North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. It was also known to other counties as the only for America lost. The war was against the Vietnam Cong and the Viet Minh and was the third war in Vietnam between the north and south. The United States played a big role in the war and so did many other counties that were involved in the war. It is very important to know about this war and how it effected many people of not only our country but others as well.

The Vietnam War was a grousing, costly battle that drained our nation morally and psychologically. The war lives infamously with the unpopularity received by America and its people. Many believed that we had no business joining arms with South Vietnam to try and defeat a communist regime of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. With the war begining in 1954 due to the rise of the North Vietnamese and their leader Ho Chi Minh, an advocate for communism, which put a target on North Vietnam due to America’s pursuit to end communism around the world. By 1969 and the Wars 15th year of existence, more than half a million American soldiers had been involved. Many returning veterans and a large portion of the American public felt bitter about our involvement

The U.S. involvement in Vietnam was a failure and should not have been a war the US fought. The United States main objective was to stop communism within Vietnam, considering that Vietnam is still a communist country shows that the involvement did not help to stop communism in Vietnam. The Vietnam War was not only a disaster in Vietnam, the United States was getting a lot of backlash from its citizens. The US was split with pro-war and anti-war opinions that created a lot of protest amongst the citizens. The covering up and lying about the war by president Johnson also caused a lot of distrust between the US citizens and the US government grew. The United States involvement in Vietnam did not only not fail in its main objective, it came at a huge cost in casualties to American and Vietnamese citizens.

Vietnam, January 31, 1968. The Vietcong and the North Vietnamese army has just launched a large surprise attack on the U.S and South Korea during the holiday of Tet, engaging in over 120 cities and U.S occupied bases throughout South Vietnam and Cambodia. This large offensive was led by Ho Chi Minh and other leaders in the North. Their goal: to weaken U.S. forces to wean off from guerilla attacks and carpet bombings in the North. They never knew that this historical attack would become an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam. Therefore, the Tet Offensive was a major turning point in the Vietnam War regarding public support.

The Vietnam War was fought between North Vietnam communists led by their leader Ho Chi Minh and South Vietnam anti-communists led by their president Ngo Dinh Diem. North Vietnam was trying to taking over South Vietnam to make it a communist country. That is when the U.S. came knocking on South Vietnam’s door and gave them much needed help in 1950. In Eric Foner’s and John A Garraty’s essay, “Vietnam War,” they explain, “from Washington’s perspective, . . . [a]ny communist anywhere, at home or abroad, was, by definition, an enemy of the United States” because of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “domino theory” (Foner). Eisenhower’s “domino theory,” was a theory that if communists took over Vietnam, they would gradually control all of Southeast Asia. The first aid given by the U.S. was to France. Willbanks explains in his essay that the U.S. provided France, a South Vietnamese ally, $2.6

Vietnam is located in East Asia and was slowly becoming influenced by Communism, the North was already in the hands of Communism, but the South was rebelling against it. The French had claim over parts of Vietnam. The North under leader Ho Chi Minh rebelled and declared themselves a separate nation. The United States first became involved to help their ally France. It later became a goal of the United States to stop communism from spreading especially against influences from Russia and China (HistoryNotes.com).