Why the Vietnam War?

War is never pretty, and a war can also take a serious toll on the health and well being of both a country as a whole and the people who live in that country as individuals. Despite this, though, wars still happen all the time, so it is important to understand why this is the case and why people still feel that wars are inevitable. What is so significant about a war that makes the suffering and death that takes place during that war worth it? This can be asked of any war, but here it is asked specifically of the Vietnam War. The hypothesis examined here is that the Vietnam War was started because the United States was concerned about stopping the spread of communism. Most of the evidence that can be found and studied today seems to support this anti-communism theory, but there are also other opinions and beliefs on the issue. Some of these come from scholars and some come from laypeople, but the most common and often-discussed ones are certainly worthy of consideration. It is important, therefore, to look at the different major theories that can be found on the Vietnam War in order to see whether the hypothesis above is valid. This is done through an analysis of three different sources and what those sources have to say about

Unlike most wars that have either been fought in the United States or have had United States involvement, the Vietnam War did not have a specific starting point. The aim and focus of the war changed and shifted over time, though, and that, coupled with the multiple start dates, made it more difficult for individuals who were analyzing the war to determine what actually caused it, when it started, and where it was going (Danzer, et al, 2003). There were, of course, other options for why the war got started. Another concern regarding the Vietnam War, at least at the beginning, was the control that the French people had over the country (Chambers, 1999). Even though he did not have a "legal"tm declaration of war he authorized U. This basic tenet can be tied to almost all of the problems that have been seen throughout history where there are conflicts either between countries or in a particular country (Chambers, 1999). The military struggled during the Vietnam War, too, and one of the problems with that war and the stigma that surrounded it was the media. This is what seems to have taken place in the Vietnam War, when the United States rose up to protect itself and others from the insipient spread of communism throughout the world. As Guttieri (2003) has said: "The relationship between the military and the American people has been profoundly altered by the events of September 2001. Overall, though, it appears as though most scholars do think that an effort to defeat communism was the largest reason for the start of the war and the reason why successive Presidents supported it and allowed it to continue. Most of the Presidents who had been involved in the war in any capacity saw the government of North Vietnam as being an agent of global communism, and they wanted it stopped. Most people, at the time that the war took place, believed in the military. came into the war in steps and stages between 1950 and 1956 (Chambers, 1999).