U.S. involvement in the Viet Nam War

Evidence for the above hypothesis will be given, as well as evidence against the hypothesis. Ultimately, the hypothesis in favor of the vitality of the democratic system will be shown as correct, in view of all the evidence. It has taken the passage of more than twenty years for an objective perspective on U.S. involvement in Viet Nam to be possible, however. A paper such as this benefits from the distancing perspective of the passage of time.

Modern Viet Nam has risen from the ashes of dogmatic communism to currently enjoy some of the activities of an increasingly more capitalistic and democratic system of government. An extremely government-regulated form of capitalism is being allowed to gain a tentative foothold in Viet Nam. Perhaps democracy is not far behind. As Time correspondent Frank Gibney, Jr. writes, "From the border with China in the north to the rice mills of the Mekong Delta in the south, the California-size country is humming with activity. Hong Kong investors have been all

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-mentioned process: Over a period of time [in a democracy], widespread or intense domestic reaction to foreign policy may have an impact on government. During the late 1960s, there was domestic protest against the war in Viet Nam by students, professors, and many other citizens. Some Americans reacted against the protestors, but others were undoubtedly favorably influenced by the peace movement [because the voices of the peace proponents were allowed to be heard]. Eventually, a majority of Americans felt the war was a mistake, and a climate developed in which President Johnson felt it prudent to leave the White House. The growing opposition to the war provided the political backdrop for President Nixon's decision in 1969 to begin the withdrawal of American troops and for the lengthy peace negotiations, conducted initially in secret, that finally brought an end to United States participation in the war in 1973. It is interesting to note that although Nixon conducted secret meetings and bombings during the Viet Nam War, the public eventually found out. The public's insatiable desire to hear and be heard, two Constitutional guarantees in the American system of government, will win out--eventually. How a president makes fore
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