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The Causes of Vietnam War and the Major Flaws in America’s Participation

War is any large scale, violent conflict where two or more forces compete at each other’s

 

throats for sheer domination that has often and savagely involved much of the depopulation of

 

each other’s lands. Throughout history, wars have occurred between tribes, city-states, nations,

 

and entire empires. One of such wars brought forth a new nation known today as the United

 

States of America. Prior to the Spanish-American War, practically every American battle had

 

transpired on the North American continent from the Revolutionary War to the numerous Indian

 

Wars fought between the United States government and indigenous populations. However,

 

America had started to gaze across the pacific in hopes of competing against European countries in reaching China. Since America’s involvement with international affairs, the United States has

 

made many enemies and has involved it self into several needless confrontations. One of such

 

inessential belligerencies was the Vietnam War. “The American Journey” written by David

 

Goldfield, Carl Abott, Virginia DeJohn Anderson, Jo Ann E. Argersinger, Peter H. Argersinger,

 

William L. Barney, and Robert M. Weir and the college history class of Alan Flanders had

 

provided in great account the struggle that took placed during the middle of the twentieth century

 

in that isolated, little country of Southeast Asia. Nevertheless, there were many causes for

 

America’s involvement in the Vietnam War and several major flaws in America’s management

 

of the situation.

 

Certainly, there consisted of many reasons for why the Vietnam War to have happened

 

and for why America took part in the heated blood sport. Similarly, these very reasons

 

fundamentally flawed America’s chances of achieving its agenda. Significantly, the Vietnam

 

War had started due Ho Chi Minh’s ambition to unify all of Vietnam and remove all foreign

 

influence or occupation over the land. Explicitly, “The American Journey” noted that Ho had

 

asserted his regime as the rightful administration to rule all of Vietnam as a result of Diem

 

rejection with American support to follow through with the accordance of the Geneva Peace

 

Conference in arranging an election that would offer a peaceful means to unify the country as a

 

whole (Goldfield 891). Furthermore, America’s support for a civilian dictatorship under Diem

 

only propelled sympathy and action by the Vietnamese people to favor Ho (Goldfield 891).

 

Subsequently, America’s ambitions and fears would provide a suitable cause for its involvement

 

in the war. A notable reference from Professor Alan Flander’s HIS 122 class offered the fact that

 

American Entrepreneurs hungrily sought to capitalize on Vietnam’s rubber trees to provide the

 

rubber necessary to manufacture cars and tanks (Flanders). Moreover, America’s intended use of Vietnam for rubber manufactory provided a suitable case for Ho Chi Minh to boost support for

 

his movement towards a truly independent Vietnam (Flanders). Finally,

 

In conclusion, many events and conditions caused the Vietnam War to take place,

 

America’s involvement into the war, and provided several key flaws in American policies. These

 

flaws would continue to precipitate grievances and a downward turn in the relations between people and the government within the socio-sphere of American politics for years to come.