Vietnam: Involvement and Escalation

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Vietnam: Involvement and Escalation

Johnson Increases US Involvement -LBJ wins election of 1964 -people scared of Goldwater’s approach to Cold War

Who is crafting policy? Sec of Defense - Robert McNamara Sec of State - Dean Rusk 1965 - most Americans favor policy

More Troops -by end of 1965 - 180,000 in Vietnam -Gen William Westmoreland requests more -500,000 troops by end of 1967

Fighting in the Jungle facing a hidden enemy -Vietcong used guerilla warfare -hit-and-run, ambushes, tunnels -booby traps and land mines

US had to earn S. Vietnamese Support Napalm Agent Orange Search and Destroy

US Troop Morale Starts to decline Prisoners of War faced a difficult struggle

Jeremiah Denton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgelmcOdS38

Domestic Support Wavers Great Society put on hold “Hey Hey LBJ How Many Kids Have You Killed Today?”

The “Living Room War” -Combat Footage nightly on TV -Westmoreland assured an “imminent surrender” -Credibility Gap?

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