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This 5 page paper explores the war in depth and notes several landmark events. The Nixon Doctrine, the Tet Offensive, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, and the domino theory are all noted. The paper suggests that the U.S. involvement in the war was quixotic. Vietnamization is discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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was further rather idealistic to think that communism could be eradicated. It was also about imperialism and hegemony. Hunt (1998)claims that under Lyndon Johnson, the United States of America quite
readily embraced a unique nation-building mission in South Vietnam. One could also say that the U.S. had unrealistic expectations. Above all, the Vietnam War was about communism. In retrospect, one
sees that communism does not spread like a cancer exactly, and one can see that there are stubborn pockets in the world, like communist China, that will persist. Yet, while
communist China has been a problem for a variety of reasons today, its communism is not a threat to society in and of itself. Before looking at Vietnam, one can
go back in time to reflect on past presidents and their roles in War. From Vietnam came many decisions by several presidents. Prior to Vietnam, the Truman Doctrine for example
expanded the United States role in keeping an eye on communism during the postwar era (Foner & Garraty, 1991). During the early days of the cold war, when the atmosphere
of wartime cooperation had come to a halt, the British were using the Greek government against communist guerrillas it believed was being supported by Russia (1991). The political climate became
quite complex and the U.S. wanted to help Europe. It was a time of bomb shelter building and air raid drills in the schools. Many would be horrified today at
the level of fear over communism and nuclear weapons, but it was all too real at the time. It was this fear that seemingly fueled the War in Vietnam.
Some evidence to support the thesis that the Vietnam War was quixotic is that the wartime strategy was very different than ever before. An attrition strategy was implemented ("Vietnam War,"
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