The War Of The Vietnam War - 3899 Words

The American involvement in the Vietnam War created widespread division between the American people. There were many United States citizens who believed that the United States was involved in the Vietnam struggle for the right reasons, in order to prevent communism from taking over South Vietnam. There were also other citizens who believed that the United States was involved over there for the wrong reasons, due to the feeling that it was none of our business, and that it was considered another form of American imperialism. These same differing opinions were also seen in various songs written during the war years. During the sixties, songwriters, composers and musicians were all involved in lending their talents towards either support of†¦show more content†¦Finally, I will also show how their various works impacted public opinion and whether or not it largely affected the American government’s decision to pull troops out of Vietnam. The paper will include several sou rces from mainly historical monographs, journal articles, biographies, and autobiographies. The United States government started to become more involved in Vietnam when the Eisenhower administration â€Å"authorized covert operations against the North, while in the South, the United States took over the French role in military training and nation building.† President Dwight D. Eisenhower was careful not to become directly involved in Vietnam. This was due to France’s loss of the Asian colony of Vietnam during their military intervention, the belief that communism may prevail in the country, and during the fifties, the United States was more concerned about the race of nuclear buildup with the Soviet Union. In the end, Eisenhower believed that â€Å"American intervention in Indochina seemed moderate an investment. Yet Southeast Asia was mined with unexpected dangers and trials for the nation.† Soon, John F. Kennedy would become president of the United States a fter Eisenhower in 1961, and â€Å"covert operations continued and became more difficult to control.† Because of reports coming into the White House of how more would need to be done in Vietnam by the United States, to support the regime of South Vietnamese President Diem, â€Å"Kennedy†¦authorized the dispatch of