Cold War | The United States Could Have Won the War in Vietnam
Although President John F. Kennedy supported the unstable democratic government of South Vietnam by sending military machinery and advisers, he would not intervene with troops when Communist North Vietnam threatened to take over the country. His successor, Lyndon Johnson, advocated stronger action. When, on August 4, 1964, North Vietnam launched what many claim was a dubious attack on American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, Congress granted Johnson broad war powers to intervene in the region. Johnson responded with air attacks against North Vietnam. U.S. involvement in Vietnam escalated under...
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