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why did he united states become involved in a war in vietnam and what was…
why did he united states become involved in a war in vietnam and what was the impact of that war on the presidency of lyndon johnson
introduction
when JFK was assanisted on the 22nd november 1963,LBJ became president
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during his term LBJ had vison to brin in a great society but this was overshadowed by the vietnam war
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gulf of tonkin
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the south vietnmases asked the US for more help + during the US presidential election LBJ was said to have been "soft on communism" by republicans
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" we are not going to send american boys away from home to do what asian boys ought to be doing for themseleves" - reassuring those against the war
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how the war was fought
in terms of warfare,viet cong used guerilla war tactics using ambushes,surpises attacks,traps and booby trapped villages
US went on search and destroymissions to find the viet cong + measured ho many they found in body counts
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the US went on killing masacres such as the mai lai massacre - in 1968 US troops killed 347 men,woman and children inaugurated village
LBJ domestic policies
in terms of LBJs domestici policies,he wanted to create a great society + belived the govenrment should be used to improve the lives of the people
he wanted to get rid of poverty + set up the office of equal oppurtunity to coordinate the war on poverty
he set up the first federally funded healthcare system,medicare + medicaid
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end of LBJ term
with public support gone,costs rising mssively + need to escpae vietnam increasing ,LBJ annoced he wanted talks with N.V
he wanted to finish the war before he left office (this was unsuccessful due to bachand interference from Nixon + he took control over the war in 1964)
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cocnlusion
58,000 soliders were killed in vietnam
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LBJ was also under a lot of pressure firstly for being "soft on communism" and then secondly for being involved in vietnam
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tet offesnisve/Cronkite
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During the Tet holiday the N.V launched an attack on the american embassy + captured the city of Hue but the S.V fought back + regained control
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anti war
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media coverage had been censored previously but in vietnam the media reported it as they saw it - showing distrubing images
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there were also "draft dodgers" who went to univeristy abroad or avoided being drafted through medical grounds
college students organised protests agains the war - motivated by having sympathy for soliders + oppostiotn to the mroality of the war
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