Ideological Reasons for US Escalation in Vietnam

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Created on: 10-05-13 17:27

Kennan's Long Telegram

1946- Kennan writes from Russia describing communism as an "expansionistic foe" and a parasite feeding on the diseased tissue like that of the war-torn countries in Eastern Europe.

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Containment Theory / Truman Doctrine

1947- Truman planned to prevent the spread of communism via financial support to vulnerable countries. E.g. $500 million per year to Japan, funding 80% of French was effort in Indochina, and giving money to Greece. Loss of China disproved this.

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NSC-68

1950- New plan to "roll back" communism, put into action via the Korean war. Decided that force may need to be used and so money spent on miltary was increased.

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McCarthyism

1950-54- Senator McCarthy led anti-communist witch hunts and stirred up hysteria across the US, this put pressure on the government to act.

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SEATO

1954- Military defensive alliance for South East Asia

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Domino Theory

1954- US decided that they needed to stop the next country in line from 'falling' to communism in order to prevent it spreading. The next domino was South Vietnam, hence increased involvement.

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