INTRODUCTION The question this essay will explore is the following: "Why did the United States get involved in Vietnam after the fall of the French at the Battle of Dien Dien Phu?" This is important because the reasons the U.S. entered the Vietnam War are still a controversial issue today and people may not understand or may just be completely oblivious to the facts. This is important to study because many Americans died during the war and it still effects decisions made by presidents today. The Vietnam Conflict still affects presidents today through their foreign affair decisions in Isis for example, we are reluctant to get entangled in another country’s affairs because of the outcome of the Vietnam conflict. I also have a personal connection
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On March 12, 1947, Harry S. Truman made a speech to a joint session of congress, this speech became known as the Truman Doctrine. The U.S. government had received a plea for help from the country of Greece, and Truman’s argument to Congress was that it was necessary to come to the aid of Greece in order for Greece to stay a free country, or in other words not fall to communism. Also during his speech he says it is also necessary to extend aid to Turkey because Britain is no longer able to do so. His longing for extending aid to Turkey and Greece is expressed in his speech through his explanation of keeping countries from being imposed upon by other countries wills and ways of life. He also says, “One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion” (The Avalon Project). This speech which Truman gave to Congress was then classified as the U.S. policy of containment. The policy of containment that the U.S. adopted made it necessary for them to come to the aid of the French and South
On March 12, 1947, Harry S. Truman made a speech to a joint session of congress, this speech became known as the Truman Doctrine. The U.S. government had received a plea for help from the country of Greece, and Truman’s argument to Congress was that it was necessary to come to the aid of Greece in order for Greece to stay a free country, or in other words not fall to communism. Also during his speech he says it is also necessary to extend aid to Turkey because Britain is no longer able to do so. His longing for extending aid to Turkey and Greece is expressed in his speech through his explanation of keeping countries from being imposed upon by other countries wills and ways of life. He also says, “One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion” (The Avalon Project). This speech which Truman gave to Congress was then classified as the U.S. policy of containment. The policy of containment that the U.S. adopted made it necessary for them to come to the aid of the French and South