Bietnam

The Vietnamese Civil War , or Second Indochina War , began as a war between two countries - North and South Vietnam and erupted into an earth shattering event that took the lives of many individuals . What began as a war between one culture became a worldwide battle between good and evil , or the unofficial battlefield of the Cold War between Democracy and Communism . As the war unfolded many events took place that created major shifts within the war . Decisions were made within Washington D .C , Hanoi and the government of Saigon that created massive

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Many of these events erupted due to the decision makers in Washington D .C . and took place between the years of 1964 and 1968 . The actual Americanization of the Vietnamese Civil War began at the very end of 1963 , shortly after the assassination of President John F . Kennedy on November 22 . Lyndon B Johnson assumed the role of the President of the United States and was inaugurated on November 26 , 1963 - four days after the assassination . On November 30 , 1963 Johnson initiated the NSAM 273 which was a plan for covert military attacks on North Vietnam , with `estimates of such factors as : a . Resulting damage to NVN b . the plausibility of denial c . Possible NVN retaliation ' as well as covert military operations within Laos (Franklin et al . 239 ) These covert operations were to be kept secret from the people of the United States however Washington did not hide their presence within the war , nor the fact that these covert operations were aimed directly at ' the Hanoi government (Franklin et al . 239

Washington D .C 's secret plan was to finance and direct covert attacks against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam through the mercenaries and forces in Saigon , appoint a new US commander to prepare for the influx of a large number of US troops to enter South Vietnam who would first defend the US air bases and eventually take control of the countryside (Franklin et al . 239-240 ) Johnson 's NSAM 273 , or secret plan , was to escalate and widen the Vietnam War so that Congress would grant military carte blanche , or freedom to act

The United States was not the only country taking war into consideration at the end of 1963 the opposing forces had begun deliberations surrounding the possibility of war . Shortly after the deaths of Diem and John F . Kennedy the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party convened to consider the current situation in the South . The solution to obtaining power over the southern part of the country no longer meant focusing solely on the ARVN forces or the new and more powerful firepower made available to the Saigon government ' the committee had to answer the question - What if the United States chose to land its own troops in the South and make it an American war (Young 116 ) The party realized that if the United States chose to take part in the war that the government of Saigon would hold up...