The U.S. Contained Communism In Vietnam

In 1949, Mao Zedong led the people's revolution and founded a communist state in China. Communism is now being introduced in Asia. During this period after the Second World War, communism was a popular ideology introduced all over the world. Vietnam is one of many countries threatened by communism. At that time, Vietnam was a French colony. As time went on, tensions began to appear between France and Vietnam. The tension has increased and the battle between French and Vietnamese is intensifying.

The Vietnam War, or "the war that the United States won" is a confrontation in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. America was involved in this war because of its policy of containment of communism. But this war is not only for winning or losing, especially for American citizens. Between the war and most of the 1960s American citizens protested several problems. - In the 1960s, almost half of the US population was young. For this reason, the 1960s was a young age, there was a disparity between generations that America has never seen before. It is highly likely that many baby boomers will be elected to the Vietnam War. This war brought about a revolutionary and innovative way of thinking. The decades of young people wanted a change, which brought about a major change in the conservative 50's culture.

One of the main reasons the United States is increasingly involved in the Vietnam War is containment. This is to suppress the spread of communism and to prevent further spread, this is the policy of the US government (President Truman, President Kennedy Johnson, President Eisenhold). America is concerned about communism and fears that communism will spread to Vietnam. This became part of the "Domino Theory" they had believed (proposed by John Foster Dulles). They believe that if a country falls into communism, other countries will spread to them from communism. "Domino" refers to the spread of communism to other countries as the basic Domino collapses and affects the next Domino, therefore Domino represents Communism to the next country.

As of 1957, the United States fought against North Vietnam, North Vietnam was a communist country. In the meantime, the United States has a campaign to contain Communism. America prevented North Vietnam from entering South Vietnam and taking over, forcing them to become a communist country. Unlike the Cold War, this war is not just media and propaganda as weapons. However, the media and propaganda had a major impact on this war. Armed photographers and photographers saturated the battlefield in Vietnam, where they brought horrible images of the movie back to the United States. These images changed the view of thousands of Americans and caused protests and riots. This will divide the people into "hawks". Hawk is fighting Communism, the dove is fighting