Why did LBJ escalate
- Created by: Katie-Louise Griffin
- Created on: 21-04-14 13:33
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- Why did LBJ escalate
- Incompetence of the Saigon Government
- Communist sympathisors
- lack of public support
- lack of authority
- communism
- election
- corruption
- Wouldn't use ARVN
- Defend US Personeel
- Attacks at Pleiku
- US Adivsers
- Reaction
- Christmas Eve Bombings
- General Westmoreland request troops
- Additional 18,000 support troops
- 3,500 marines requested to protect Danang
- Working Group's recommendation
- Weak Saigon Government
- Domino theory
- Anti-communist Vietnam
- Honoured prestige stake
- Defend US bomber bases
- Search & destroy
- Blanket bombings
- Stop VC supply lines
- Key coast bases bombed
- Incompetence of the Saigon Government
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