In this coursework essay, I am aiming to explain why the United States of America became increasingly involved in the Vietnam conflict between the years 1945 and 1966. During this time, America had five different presidents: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.

Until the First Indochina War, the region was a colony of France, known as Indochina, part of the French Union – in the war, troops were drawn from elsewhere in the French Union to fight in the war against the Viêt Minh (lead by Hô Chí Minh). Later, between the years 1955 & 1965 – the Americans were supporting Ngô Đình Diêm, a puppet President they had helped install. However, the Americans didn’t realise what a problem he would become. He ran his authoritarian and nepotistic ‘government’ so poorly, he would later be double-crossed and killed by one of his Generals and a Captain of the AVRN while travelling in an armoured vehicle. After Diêm’s death, the United States were at their......

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Title: Explain Why The United States Of America Became
increasingly Involved In Vietnam Between 1945 & 1966.
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Approximate Pages: 12 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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