america's involvement in the vietnam war was from 1959 onward.
america's involvement in the vietnam war was from 1959 onward.
how long was america's involvement in the vietnam war?
from 1959 onward
the role of the united states in the vietnam war began after world war ii and escalated into full commitment during the vietnam war from 1955 to 1973. the u.s. involvement in south vietnam stemmed from 20 long years of political and economic action. these had the common incentive of ending the growing communist domination in vietnam. at the time, french forces, allies of the u.s., were backed by america — president harry s. truman provided progressively increasing amounts of financial and military assistance to french forces fighting in vietnam. from the spring of 1950, their involvement increased from just assisting french troops to providing direct military assistance to the associated states (vietnam, laos, cambodia). eventually, u.s. missions were carried out at a more constant rate by sending out increasing number of military assistance from the united states. their main intent was to restrict the communist domination that was present in the government of vietnam as it would soon lead to a chain of neighboring countries adopting the same. this would have resulted in a change in balance of power throughout southeast asia. the u.s. foreign policy establishment saw national security interests being disturbed due to the rise of this communist expansion and strived to take any measure to end it. their actions came to be questioned by other segments of government and society, however, including the us congress.
role of the united states in the vietnam war
section::::general history of the vietnam war.









































bullet::::- gulf of tonkin incident









































bullet::::- terminology of the vietnam war









































bullet::::- legality of the vietnam war









































bullet::::- opposition to united states involvement in the vietnam war









































bullet::::- list of congressional opponents of the vietnam war









































bullet::::- protests against the vietnam war









































bullet::::- u.s. news media and the vietnam war









































bullet::::- vietnam war myths









































bullet::::- weapons of the vietnam war









































bullet::::- landmines in the vietnam war









































bullet::::- forward air control during the vietnam war









































bullet::::- aftermath of the vietnam war









































bullet::::- vietnam war pow/mia issue









































bullet::::- australians missing in action in the vietnam war
outline of the vietnam war