Examples of Military Assistance Command Vietnam in the following topics:
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- The Vietnam War (1957–1975) was fought in South Vietnam and the bordering areas of Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam.
- In February of 1962, Kennedy created The Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), and in August of 1962, Kennedy signed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1962, which provides "…military assistance to countries...on the rim of the Communist world and under direct attack."
- After Diem's assassination, South Vietnam entered a period of extreme political instability, as one military government toppled another in quick succession.
- General Paul Harkins, the commander of U.S. forces in South Vietnam, confidently predicted victory against the insurgents by Christmas of 1963.
- U.S. involvement in the region escalated until Lyndon Johnson deployed regular U.S. military forces for fighting the Vietnam War.
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- 1968 was characterized by political and social upheaval in the United States and increased difficulties in Vietnam.
- In January, the Tet Offensive undermined the American public's confidence in the Vietnam War.
- The Tet Offensive was a military campaign launched by the People's Army of Vietnam on January 30, 1968.
- The offensive was the largest military operation conducted by either side of the war up to that point.
- During one week, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) posted very high U.S. casualty figures with 543 killed and 2,547 wounded.
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- The Vietnam War was fought on the principle that the spread of communism needed to be contained.
- Military responsibility was divided among three generals so that no powerful theater commander could emerge to challenge Johnson as MacArthur had challenged Truman in Korea.
- Nixon reduced U.S. military presence in Vietnam to the minimum required to contain communist advances, a policy called Vietnamization.
- This law ended U.S. military involvement in Vietnam and led to violent communist takeovers of South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
- Distinguish between Goldwater's stance on victory, Johnson's adherence to containment, and Nixon's move toward détente as foreign policies in Vietnam.
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- And when the U.S. is engaged in military action abroad, this 'foreign news' crowds out other foreign news. "
- In the media's most famous case in involvement on foreign affairs was its involvement in the Vietnam War.
- From 40 press corpsmen in 1964, the number in South Vietnam had grown to 282 by January 1966.
- Mission and the MACV (Military Assistance Command) also installed an "information czar," the U.S.
- Graphics like this helped contribute to Americans' concern over foreign policy in Vietnam.
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- In spite of military resistance, by 1888 the area of the current-day nations of Cambodia and Vietnam was made into the colony of French Indochina (Laos was later added to the colony).
- Control of the north was given to the Viet Minh under Ho Chi Minh, and the south continued under Emperor Bao Dai
(former Emperor of Vietnam and at the time the chief of state of the State of Vietnam or South Vietnam).
- North Vietnam also invaded and occupied portions of Laos to assist in supplying the guerrilla fighting National Liberation Front in South Vietnam.
- Then the U.S. government gradually began supporting the French in their war effort, primarily through Mutual Defense Assistance Act, as a means of stabilizing the French Fourth Republic in which the French Communist Party was a significant political force.
- In September, Truman sent the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) to Indochina to assist the French.
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- Westmoreland to succeed General Harkins as Commander of MACV in June 1964.
- Westmoreland expanded American troop strength in South Vietnam.
- Classical military logic demanded that the U.S. attack the locus of PAVN/NLF in the North.
- Guerrilla warfare tactics made it difficult for the U.S. military to distinguish friend from foe.
- General Westmoreland commanded US military operations from 1964 to 1968.
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- The goal of the American military was to buy time so it could gradually build up the strength of the South Vietnamese armed forces by re-equipping them with modern weapons.
- Abrams, commander of the American military forces in Vietnam, advocated for smaller-scale operations against the logistics of the two North Vietnam armies, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the National Liberation Front (NLF); more openness with the media; and more meaningful cooperation with the South Vietnamese forces.
- The following year, Nixon launched military incursions into Cambodian territory.
- Cambodia's ports were immediately closed to North Vietnamese military supplies, and the government demanded that the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and National Liberation Front (NLF) forces, both northern armies, be removed from the border areas within 72 hours.
- Taking advantage of the situation, Nixon ordered a military incursion into Cambodia by troops from the U.S. and the southern-based Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in hopes of destroying PAVN/NLF sanctuaries bordering South Vietnam and buying time for U.S. withdrawal.
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- Soon after taking office, Johnson issued National Security Action Memorandum No. 273, establishing his administration's commitment to containing North Vietnam's aggression through military means—thus reversing Kennedy's policy to withdraw U.S. military presence from Vietnam.
- At the time Johnson took office in 1963, there were 16,000 American military advisors in South Vietnam, in the midst of the deteriorating political and military situation that existed in the region.
- Johnson was assuming the presidency at a tenuous time of military setbacks and political instability in South Vietnam.
- Westmoreland to succeed General Harkins as Commander of MACV in June 1964.
- Guerrilla warfare tactics made it difficult for the U.S. military to distinguish friend from foe.
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- The goal of American military operations during this era was to buy time, gradually building up the strength of the South Vietnamese armed forces, and re-equipping it with modern weapons, so that it could defend South Vietnam on its own.
- Adjusting to Nixon's policy of Vietnamization, General Creighton W.
- Abrams, commander of the American military forces in Vietnam, advocated for smaller-scale operations against the logistics of the PAVN/NLF (People's Army of Vietnam/National Liberation Front), more openness with the media, and more meaningful cooperation with the South Vietnamese forces.
- In 1971, the policy of Vietnamization was put to the test with Operation Lam Son 719.
- One half of the invasion force was killed or captured during the operation, and Vietnamization was seen as a failure.
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- A collective military force (when multiple countries pool their militaries) involves both collective security and collective defense.
- A collective military force is what arises when countries decide that it is in their best interest to pool their militaries in order to achieve a common goal.
- This invasion is often given as an example of the successful deployment of a collective military force.
- In 2003, NATO took command of ISAF (International Security Assistance Force), which was the group of international troops operating in Afghanistan.
- This picture depicts a commander passing the NATO flag during a change of command in Afghanistan.