Why did the USA get involved in Vietnam in 1964?

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Americans believed in the Domino theory
- truman doctrine of 1947 meant America was committed to stopping the spread of communism
- Communism was spreading in Asia
  - Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?
    - They were already involved in stopping communism in Asia after Korea 1950-53
Gulf of tonkin incident
- North attacked us ships so they had to get involved
  - america had a powerful military and had to show their strength, they couldn't ignore it
- Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?
  - They were already involved in stopping communism in Asia after Korea 1950-53