Lyndon B Johnson Vietnam Analysis

The war on communism is seen mainly as a cold war because of the indirect violence between the Soviet Union and the United States. While these Countries never engaged in direct combat, the wars in the Pacific proved to be wars on communism itself because many of the Asian countries fell to communism in the wake of World War Two. This led to what Americans remember as the lone war lost. The war in Vietnam can be seen as the turning point in the war on communism. The Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson will be forever remembered for the Vietnam war and the public’s disapproval over the war and his decisions regarding the war. However, President Ronald Reagan receives, to this day great praise and honor for his presidency in spite of his colossal …show more content…
Johnson was determined to do things his way and didn’t care to how it was done. When Johnson was elected in 1964 he underrated the threat coming from Vietnam and didn’t see it as a potential problem for the future. But when North Vietnamese Attacks kept growing he decided America needed to step in and prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism. At First the public approved of this due to the scare of communism growing. But reports coming out of Vietnam that showed no progress the peoples opinions changed heavily towards the president. Johnson who was a strong believer in foreign policy and a true diplomat did not want to give up on the fight in Vietnam. He saw that if he gave up with the war in Vietnam he would forever be remembered as the president who let communism take over Asia. Ultimately Johnson lost his fight to win the war and tainted his presidency with the blood of American troops on his hands. The Vietnam war was a lost cause and unwinnable, its hard to win a war when the country does not support the war totally. You need to have the majority of the people at home supporting the war in order to have the morale and confidence to win the war. Without the support at home, your left fighting two wars essentially. Your fighting the war in Vietnam and dealing with the failures happening …show more content…
Hope for peace and tensions to fall seemed possible with election of Ronald Reagan. The People of America finally had a president again who had the country’s best intentions at the top of his agenda. Reagan was a patriot who wanted get America back on its feet. With the Cold War raging on and the potential for another World War and possibility of the elimination of entire nations with nuclear weapons. Reagan was determined to bring peace between the United States and the Soviet Union and ease the minds of a nuclear war. Reagan had to think critically and creatively to achieve this goal of bringing peace to the world. With Both the United States and the Soviet Union Having Heavily Armed Forces ready to go at a moments notice something had to be done to prevent another war from breaking out. Communism was still spreading and trying to grow larger with the invasion of Afghanistan. Reagan had to first show that the United States had the potential to win and destroy the Soviet Union if war were to ever break out. Reagan increased the military’s spending to increase our arms to unmatchable numbers. Reagan then had to be the bigger person and use his social skills to try and create a compromise with the Soviet Union. He Finally got the chance to meet with Soviet head of State Mikhail Gorbachev, He started to build a relationship