Reactions to the vietnam war

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REACTIONS TO THE VIETNAM WAR

Few years after the French pulled out in 1954, the South government of Vietnam led by the anti-communist leader Diem seemed to be very close to fall to the Communist block. In fact, it had to face series of overthrow attempt launched by the north communist vietnam government. And when Diem died in a coup in 1963, it alarmed the US government which clearly feared an another spread of communism at that time. Because South East Asia was then clearly determined to follow that regime, they decided to go into action. But that involvement raised a burning issue in Americans mind : Was the US right or wrong to get involved in such a conflict ? Thus, it is necessary to wonder what sort of consequences can have a situation like this on the concerned population. What were the American reactions concerning the US involvement and soldiers actions during and after the vietnam war ? And what were the impacts of such a war on the American civils and veterans ? All the more so as it seems obvious that Media played a main role in that case.

After the French left Indochina which was then split into two parts in 1954, it seemed obvious that a clash was going to break out between the North vietnam communists and the South vietnam government. So we are going to see, in that part, what were the things that urged the US government to get involved into the conflict. In fact, a long time before its involvment , US government already felt threatened by the Communist expansionism in South East Asia. The Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964 can be considered as a contention to intervene in South Vietnam. Moreover, the US president Johnson use the domino theory, as we can see in source 1, as a deciding factor to justify the US military intervention in Vietnam. But there is nothing to indicate in that first document that Americans migth have wanted to control this part of Asia. Actually, Americans might have sent military supports not only to struggle

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