April 22, 2013

Escalation 1957- 1975  Under escalation, U.S. involvement increased over a period of years. Started with the deployment of non-combatant military advisers.  Johnson and Vietnam President Johnson had some doubts about whether the us should be in Vietnam, as shown in the following excerpts from a taped telephone conversation he had with his NSA, McGeorge Bundy on May 27, 1964. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  most experts today dont think the ships were attacked This was Johnson's ploy to get more involved in Vietnam On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving President Johnson the power President Johnson and General WIlliam Westmoreland kept saying that with more troops we will win the war Most Americans tended to beilies this at first The American public's faith was shattered, on January 30, 1968 when the enemy, supposedly on the verge of collapse, mounted the Tet Offensive in which nearly every major city in South Vietnam was attacked.  How did people get out of serving? Went to Canada or Sweden Went to college (student deferment) Got married Medically unfit for service Joined the National Guard or Peace Corps Claimed to be homosexual Being rich Nixon and Vietnam Nixon called for the "vietnamization" of the war "Peace with Honor"  

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