Term Papers on 1 -United States Involvement In Vietnam

Term Paper Title	1 -United States Involvement In Vietnam
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1 -United States Involvement in Vietnam

Source A is useful for saying why the USA got involved in Vietnam, but like most sources it has its limitations.

This source is a speech made by President Johnson in April 1965, one month after the start of Operation Rolling Thunder (the strategic bombing of important targets in North Vietnam by the US air force). This speech was made by the American president to the American people, designed to justify his entering them into the war in Vietnam. It’s also useful because it tells us what the people of America are being told, and what the president wants the people to think. It does have its limitations though, as it was designed to make the audience agree with the war and see it as a good thing so its message is biased.

President Johnson talks about the American commitment to strengthening world order and supporting the South Vietnamese people though the majority of them saw the Americans as invaders and supported the Vietcong. This implies, but doesn’t mention communism.

Johnson uses emotive language as another attempt at winning the approval of his audience. He uses two words that are very meaningful to American people; ‘freedom’ and ‘independence’, the thought of giving that to another country would appeal to US people more than most.

Though this source is useful because it informs us of what the US are told and what they are expected to think, we know that it is not the whole truth and that a large number of the American people, beginning with the students, did not believe that the war was purely for the good of South Vietnam, who the Americans were allegedly sworn to protect, and those people went on to protest against the war in Vietnam.

Source B on the other hand was a private speech again by President Johnson, but this time in May 1964, before the outbreak of war. Johnson appears to be weighing the pros and cons for entering the war.

Unlike source A, source B is more useful in telling us about the US involvement in Vietnam, because as it is a private conversation, it is more likely to be truthful and not biased because it is Johnson’s thoughts.

Throughout this speech he discusses the political pressure that is on him to join the war, especially the pressure to contain communism. It is obvious that he feels he has to go to war especially because of the political pressure at election time. He is ...

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