The U.S. Enters the Vietnam War

1. Many neutral observers in Vietnam were critical of US policy. Explain why.
they were critical of the policy because first we all for aiding the Vietnamese in restablishing a functioning government and then we pretty much messed everything up. they were also critical because there was no specific reason we really needed to be there.

2. Explain how US politicians would have defended their policies.
the US politician swould have defended there policies by saying what we were doing was all for the benefit of the Vietnamese. we would saying we were really helping them and setting their gornment into a better functioning state.

3.
( 1954 ) U.S. stops elections in Vietnam
( 1960 ) Viet Cong formed
( 1962 ) JFK sends military advisers
( 1962 ) Number of 'advisers' reaches over 11,500
( 1963 ) U.S. supports South Vietnam government after army overthrow Diem
( 1963 ) Assassination of JFK - Johnson becomes president
( 1955 ) Formation of South Vietnam
( 1964 ) Gulf of Tonkin Incident
( 1965 ) U.S. Marines land at Da Nang
( 1965 ) Viet Cong attacks on U.S. and South Vietnam bases


4. Choose two events that you think were critical in getting the U.S. involved in a war in Vietnam. Explain your choice.
i think two events that really brought the US into the Vietnam War are when the Vietcong were formed and when we were attacked by the Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin. i think this because when the Vietcong were formed JFK sent in "advisors' to aide in restablishing the government "peacefully". when 11,500 "advisors wasn't enough he sent more till soon the numbered at about 23,300. this was a first step into bringing us into the war because in my opinion we didn't need to stick our noses into what was going on there. they at that time were not a threat to us. the second thing that brought us into the Vietnam War was the Gulf of Tonkin incident. i believe this happened because having US troops staying in Vietnam and trying to "advise" the government really ticked them off. so when they attacked us it brought us into the already brewing war.