The United States intervention in Vietnam is seen by the world as America’s greatest loss and longest war. Before the start of the war in Vietnam, the thought of the United States losing this war was unheard of because America was technologically superior, no country in south East Asia could contend with them. Lyndon B. Johnson announced that he would not be the president to allow South East Asia to go Communist . Why the United States lost the war has been a huge debate since the end of the war, because there were so many factors affecting why they lost; the war was a loss politically, after losing support from not only the American public but also the South Vietnamese and losing a political mandate for the war by 1973, when the last United States soldier left; they lost militarily, not achieving their core goals and underestimating the North Vietnamese tactic and economically spending 20 billion dollars a year on the war causing a failure in social reform. This assignment will focus on these core factors which are seen as the reason for the United States losing in Vietnam.Politically the United States failed when it came to Vietnam. Although the presidential election of Lyndon B. Johnson gave his government public support for the firm stance they would take. The Government eventually lost support from the populace, due to the atrocities within Vietnam, which were shown to the world through the media showing the aftermath of operation rolling thunder. At the height of the war America were losing 300 troops a week which also caused outrage within America since almost everyone had lost a relative or a friend. During Lyndon B. Johnsons presidency Anti-War movements became popular among the young people , demonstrations and sit-in…
… communist; 1975 also saw Laos and Cambodia become communist . The outcome helped the United States to seek a new policy when it came to dealing with the cold war. To conclude the United States lost the Vietnam War because of many different reasons which are all important in contributing towards the inevitable defeat. The main reason the United States losing the war was internal division and losing support from the population of not only America and Vietnam but the world.Works Cited
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