United States And The Cold War - 1695 Words

Alexander Protivnak Essay #2 PS 1511 All through the Cold War the United States attempted to contain or squash developments that it saw as dangers to American financial or security objectives, in Europe, in Asia, in different parts of the alleged Third World, and at home. Communists, patriots, individual voyagers, neutralists, and activists for popular government and human rights, at different times, felt American rage in the half-century after 1945. In no spot, be that as it may, did American exertions to attest its hobbies and impede the will of the local populace happen as seriously or shockingly as in Vietnam. Despite the fact that a little, immature nation which has been subjected to violence and resistance through the years, not to†¦show more content†¦Many considered these as steps back rather than moving forward. This is an impending doom which revealed itself early on. Both Robert Buzzano and Randall Woods present excellent interpretations of American foreign policy in Vietnam. What we need to look at closely is the goals that are set by the U.S., as well as their expected goals. When starting our comparison we are forced to realize that John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson had two very different approaches to Vietnam. Many attribute LBJ as the reason we even went into Vietnam. However what remains is another instance of America trying to protect the world from communism. Woods tells us that, â€Å"Johnson was an unbelievably intelligent person. His capacity to absorb information and analyze it was amazing. He was a very earthy and profane man, but he also was very much a liberal Christian.† This becomes a more popular argument however that Wood expands on. At the beginning of Wood’s article, he states that LBJ’s Christian ideology influenced how he approached the conflict in South Vietnam. Since the United States stands for democracy, it was imperative that LBJ follow JFK’s lead of protecting the noncommunist Vietnamese. On the off chance that LBJ didn t fight a