us involvement in the vietnam war started in spring of 1950.
us involvement in the vietnam war started in spring of 1950.
when did us involvement in the vietnam war start?
spring of 1950
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
william charles ayers (; born december 26, 1944) is a former leader of the weather underground and american elementary education theorist. during the 1960s, ayers' ideology was integral in the counterculture movement that opposed us involvement in the vietnam war. he is known for his 1960s radical activism and his current work in education reform, curriculum and instruction. in 1969, ayers co-founded the weather underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group with the intent to overthrow imperialism, that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings (including police stations, the us capitol building, and the pentagon) during the 1960s and 1970s in response to us involvement in the vietnam war.
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