The Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive were attacks by the Vietcong and the Vietnamese forces on cities in South Vietnam, and these attacks were considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese had earlier suffered heavy losses from the Americans, and their leader was nearing death, so they needed a victory before that point. After several weeks, the Americans and Southern Vietnamese took back the cities that were taken over during the offensive.
In my opinion, the Tet Offensive was a vastly important event in the war because it caused an important shift in the war that was needed for an all around American victory in Vietnam. It affected the Americans at home, who became angry because the Tet Offensive proved that the war wasn't all but over, like the US government had been claiming, but the Vietcong were nearing an end.
In my opinion, the Tet Offensive was a vastly important event in the war because it caused an important shift in the war that was needed for an all around American victory in Vietnam. It affected the Americans at home, who became angry because the Tet Offensive proved that the war wasn't all but over, like the US government had been claiming, but the Vietcong were nearing an end.
The Enclave Strategy
President Johnson believed that more American presence in Vietnam would make the Vietnamese leader more willing to negotiate and to withdraw troops from South Vietnam. The US dispatched more troops to Vietnam, a total of 75,000 only 10 months after the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. the Americans held the strategy of only maintaining the areas in Vietnam that were already under Saigon control. General Westmoreland opposed this strategy saying that the Americans needed to bring the battle to the enemy, which prompted Johnson to dispatch even more troops to Vietnam.
I don't think the Enclave Strategy was very successful because it was a slow process that didn't really show any signs of ending the war. It affected the war by sending more troops in so that more could be accomplished there. A lot of people believed that by doing coastal enclaves, the communists would be able to continue to spread their beliefs inland.
I don't think the Enclave Strategy was very successful because it was a slow process that didn't really show any signs of ending the war. It affected the war by sending more troops in so that more could be accomplished there. A lot of people believed that by doing coastal enclaves, the communists would be able to continue to spread their beliefs inland.
Anti-war Movements
The members of the anti-war movement actually had many independent and separate beliefs and were united solely by their opposition to the Vietnam war. The movement was sparked in 1965 and peaked in 1968. It's greatest demographic was college students, middle-class Americans, and members of labor unions. Many Americans, at the time, felt opposed to violence and wanted to maintain peace. Many groups were spreading their peaceful words to college campuses. Most Americans were against sending troops to Vietnam.
In my opinion, the Vietnam War was necessary if we wanted to contain communism around the world, but I can definitely understand the Anti-war movements because it wasn't our war to be involved in and violence makes violence. It made the war very difficult to fight because a successful war will involve the support of the citizens, which wasn't held during the Vietnam War.
In my opinion, the Vietnam War was necessary if we wanted to contain communism around the world, but I can definitely understand the Anti-war movements because it wasn't our war to be involved in and violence makes violence. It made the war very difficult to fight because a successful war will involve the support of the citizens, which wasn't held during the Vietnam War.