Us Involvement In The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War had many other names, such as the Second Indochina War. It was known as the Indochina War, as it was the name of the land in which Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Burma sat. “The cold war was a state of political and military tension after World War II, between powers in the Western Bloc (US, NATO allies and others), and the powers in the Eastern Bloc (The Soviet Union, and its allies in the Warsaw pact).” The cold war had shaped international relations in many ways after the Second World War. Such as: the division into camps, American Involvement, the consequences of Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva conference and President Nixon’s policies. Therefore, the cold war had become global and international.
The United States government had viewed its involvement in the war, as a way prevent a Communist takeover in South Vietnam. The CIA had clung to the fact that the overall French military position in Indochina will not be affected decision-wisely by the results of Dien Bien Phu. On May 21, Dien Bien Phu had collapsed, and the CIA had stated that “the fall of Dien Bien Phu had not precipitated a collapse of the French and Vietnamese military position in Indochina”. The CIA had believed that the Dien Bien Phu was assumed a “psychological and political importance in France.”
There were talks that were going on about the battle of Dien Bien Phu. The Geneva conference was the way to resolve several problems that had occurred in Asia. Representatives from the US, Soviet Union, People’s Republic of China, France and Great Britain came together in attempt to sort out their problems that had included/related to Asia. The agreement that was reached, entailed that the French must withdraw their troops from Northern Vietnam. The Geneva Accords of 1954 had arranged a settlement which brought about the end of the Indochina