American Involvement In Vietnam Essay

Americans became involved in the Viet Nam Conflict as a means to restrict or possibly stop the spread of communism. American law makers and political leaders feared that if communism was able to make its way to Viet Nam it would, eventually resulting in Asia becoming a communist regime. This spread that was envisioned was known as the domino theory, and as it came to play it would be known as the domino effect. Similarly, this is much of what lead to American involvement in Korea, though executed in different yet similar manners. The USSR was in support of Northern Korea, by aiding them with weapons and supplies necessary to be successful in war. The United States did not want the Soviet to expand in the manner of Nazi Germany, so it was felt that their involvement was required.The American people are fearful of communism and the effects it will have on the world if it spreads, so there is much pressure to ensure that something is done about it. Initially American government leaders supported the French colonialist that were in Viet Nam, this may have been a misplaced support, however Americans were far too scared of Communism to see past it. Although the nations support was behind …show more content…
The advisory position did not last long, America quickly finds escalation of force, and are now combatant forces. There are several incidents that eventually lead to full blown American involvement and combat in the region, the nation has found its self fully engulfed in war (again). America truly did not want to at war, however the hands of American government officials were tied in a sense, American people knew that there was a possibility of communist spread if something was not done in the region, not every American was in support of the war either. This lead to a gap in information flow from elected officials back to down to the same people that put them into their elected