the+path+to+war

THE PATH TO WAR You all know that the United States was involved in a major military conflict during the Cold War ... but why? What was America's "path to war"? Using the resources below and Creating America, your task this evening is to write a description in YOUR OWN WORDS of the causes of American involvement in Southeast Asia. Pretend you are writing it as a summary for on online encyclopedia or textbook. Your description should ...


 * be between two and four paragraphs
 * contain the following terms - France, Ho Chi Minh, communism, Ngo Dinh Diem, military advisors, Gulf of Tonkin
 * be IN YOUR OWN WORDS (remember, it's easy to check this online)
 * contain two images THAT RELATE TO YOUR WRITING
 * Should end with the first Marines landing in Vietnam in 1965

__The Path to War__ aaaaa The war in Vietnam was an effect of President J.F. Kenedy's fear of the spread of communism. Vietnam, or Indochina, was controlled by France and then was forced to remove its troops. It was then divided, North Vietnam ( lead byHo Chi Min) was communistic and South Vietnam was democratic ( lead by Ngo Dinh Diem). Kenedy, as a response, sent military advisers and money to South Vietnam to help them remain democratic. aaaaa The United States at the point of the Gulf of Tonkin had not declared war. Kenedy had been killed and the new President was Lyndon B. Johnson. He had stationd ships in the Gulf of Tonkin and when an U.S. military ship, the USS //Maddox,// he declared that it was an "unprovoked attack". He ordered that the North Vietamese should be bombed and then went to congress with his story. He was granted to "take any steps needed to defend the armed forces of the United States and to defend South Vietnam against aggression." The first American troops to land in Vietnam were the 9th Marine Expeditionary Bregade. They arrived in Vietnam to devend the U.S. airfield stationed at Danang.