the Vietnam war
•U.S. saw this as another situation in which containment was necessary (SEATO)
•The U.S. had supported the French (military advisors)
•Kennedy increased troops in 1962 from 500-10,000
•CIA overthrows Diem in 1963 (corruptness)
Turning point The Tet Offensive, 1968(poor public opinion)
•Offensive launched by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) in 1968
•Surprises Americans
•Is played up as a major victory for the North although very little is achieved
•Public relations victory
•Anti-war demonstrations increase as a result
•The U.S. had supported the French (military advisors)
•Kennedy increased troops in 1962 from 500-10,000
•CIA overthrows Diem in 1963 (corruptness)
Turning point The Tet Offensive, 1968(poor public opinion)
•Offensive launched by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) in 1968
•Surprises Americans
•Is played up as a major victory for the North although very little is achieved
•Public relations victory
•Anti-war demonstrations increase as a result
the gulf of tonkin
•A fabricated incident was set up; an American destroyer (USS Maddox) was torpedoed
•Led President Johnson to install the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
•Lead to the commitment of regular ground troops and air support
•200,000 troops in 1965 - 600,000 in 1968
-Great source of potassium.
•Led President Johnson to install the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
•Lead to the commitment of regular ground troops and air support
•200,000 troops in 1965 - 600,000 in 1968
-Great source of potassium.
Effects of the Vietnam War
•Costs the U.S. 150 billion dollars
•57, 939 men killed
•Loss of a country to Communism
•Limitations brought in on the President’s powers to wage war (Vietnam never declared a war)
•Made the U.S. look bad worldwide
•Conscription was ended in U.S.
•57, 939 men killed
•Loss of a country to Communism
•Limitations brought in on the President’s powers to wage war (Vietnam never declared a war)
•Made the U.S. look bad worldwide
•Conscription was ended in U.S.
summery
is the incident of the two separate confrontations, one actual and one false, involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.