hy Vietnam?
Vietnam originally formed a part of the French colonies and a member of a group of countries that suffered under colonialization. With a vast lack of infrastructure and education before French intervention these problems only further intensified after.
Despite the fact that the country was struggling with education and development and already had its own language and rich Asian culture the French chose to ignore this and merely focused on industry to increase profits for France. The already limited education was now only available in French and the people were suppressed, their land became French land and they had to produce what they were instructed to produce on the plantations, as well as being forced to pay taxes to a French government.
The country was struck with unemployment, famine and over-population
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The first American president to involve America in Vietnam was President Eisenhower (1953 – 1961). He had decided to create the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) in order to hinder Communist influence in South East Asia. However it was actually used to create a separate nation in the South of Vietnam in order to fight the communist North.
American involvement in Vietnam only further increased when President Kennedy (1961 – 1963) came to office he agreed with the decision made by his predecessors and once again brought up the threat of ‘international communism’. In addition Kennedy also pledged extra aid to Vietnam, including the deployment of Special Forces and US advisors unbeknownst to the public. On top of the brutal types of warfare, such as guerrilla warfare instigated during his presidency President Kennedy also approved a coup to overthrow and murder of Ngo Dinh Diem the president of