The Vietnam War

Q1.  South Vietnam was an American creation. According to Khan Academy, “After the United States withdrew from the conflict; North Vietnam invaded the South and united the country under a communist government. “The northern communist state with the help of the Soviet Union and China overthrew the South’s US-backed country after President Nixon cut US involvement in the conflict.

            The war was because of aggression. The communist North invaded the south to spread the Marxist and Leninist ideology and this resulted in a war. The United States involved itself in the war to ensure that the ideology of Communism does not find root in South Vietnam.

            No, they do not differ. The Pentagon advises the Presidency on the interests of America in any war, and in the case of Southern Vietnam, it was more about ideology. America did not want the spread of communism ideology into South Vietnam, as this would spill over into other South East Asian Countries.

Q2. The resolution ensured that the US was involved directly involved in the conflict militarily. It turned the tide of the war, as South Vietnam would now count on the United States for military support to keep the aggressive North Vietnam away.

            The President had the powers to wage war without needing Congressional and public opinions. According to Office of the Historian, “Authorizing President Johnson to take any measures (…) to promote the maintenance of international peace and security.” The President would exercise these new powers to maintain domestic and international interests.

            Woodrow Wilson needed public opinion and Congressional support to drag the United States into World War 1. Roosevelt needed Congressional support from the conservatives before entering World War 2.

Works Cited

Khan Academy. The Vietnam War, 2018, www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/postwarera/1960s-america/a/the-vietnam-war. Accessed 29 Oct. 2018.

Office of the Historian. U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War: the Gulf of Tonkins and Escalation, 1964,  history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/gulf-of-tonkin. Accessed 29 Oct. 2018.