Berlin
The status of Berlin continued to be a bone of contention between the U.S. and the USSR. President Kennedy took a hardline on the issue.
The status of Berlin continued to be a bone of contention between the U.S. and the USSR. President Kennedy took a hardline on the issue.
The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial events in American history. Long after American involvement ended in 1973, the debate continued: Was it
In 1955, President Eisenhower and his policy makers, following the Domino Theory, sent U.S. troops to Vietnam to act as advisors to the South Vietnamese
Like Eisenhower, Kennedy was a firm believer in the monolithic communism concept and its corollary, the Domino Theory. Kennedy’s acceptance of monolithic communism led him
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, did not think that South Vietnam was worth fighting for. He campaigned for the presidency in 1964 by promising that
The institution of the draft for the Vietnam War affected the general public directly. To meet the quotas, draft boards did away with student deferments,
The Vietnam conflict was not the conventional type of war for which the U.S. forces were trained and equipped. Using guerilla war tactics (i.e. hit-and-run
Not only were the American forces frustrated by the Viet Cong’s guerrilla tactics, they were frustrated by their own country’s policies and tactics. “Washington had
In September 1966, the United States introduced “Agent Orange”, a very strong chemical defoliant (dioxin) that was supposed to destroy the jungle cover used by
The first large-scale protest demonstrations against the Vietnam War occurred in 1965. These demonstrations had been preceded by a series of smaller protests organized by
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