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This 6 page paper looks at the reasoning behind the politics associated with the Vietnam War, public opinion in the last days of U.S. involvement and the aftermath of the era. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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them about our policy. The American people cannot and should not be asked to support a policy which involves the overriding issues of war and peace unless they know the
truth about that policy... How and why did America get involved in Vietnam in the first place?" On May 22, 1950 Secretary of
State Dean Achesons Statement of U.S. Indochina Policy read, in part, " The United States Government, convinced that neither national independence nor democratic evolution exists in any area dominated by
Soviet imperialism, considers the situation to be such as to warrant its according economic aid and military equipment to the Associated States of Indochina and to France in order to
assist them in restoring stability and permitting these states to pursue their peaceful and democratic development." In July of 1954 The Final Declarations
of the Geneva Conference, of which the United States played a major role, recognized an Agreement to end hostilities made by the governments of Cambodia and of Laos. The Conference
also took note of the clauses in the Agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam prohibiting the introduction into Vietnam of foreign troops and military personnel as well as
all kinds of arms and munitions. In their relations with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, each member of the Geneva Conference undertakes to respect the sovereignty, the independence, the unity and
the territorial integrity of the above-mentioned States, and to refrain from any interference in their internal affairs. In a published response to the Convention Secretary of State Dean Acheson states,
"With respect to the statement made by the representative of the State of Vietnam, the United States reiterates its traditional position that peoples are entitled to determine their own future
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