al they received a great political push from the North Vietnamese, and their political leader Ho Chi Mihn (Hosmer 49).Because of South Vietnams will to be free they did not want to be the contributing force to go to war (Hosmer 51). The people of the south were more into going to work getting higher paying jobs to support their families in these hard times (Hosmer 53). This was one contributing factor of why the South Vietnamese needed to get assistance from the United States of America to help them protect their semi-freedom, which they were holding on to desperately. The loss of Phuoc Long was also a huge turning point in the Vietnam era. Phuoc Long was one of the best cities that the south had (Hosmer 159). After its loss the ranks were weakened and it took a great psychological toll on the South Vietnamese the loss of this city marked the disintegration of the South Vietnamese (Hosmer 160).Pipkens-Smith 4This book is strong in the political criteria that it shows the falls and the reasons for United States intervention into this conflict. This reference also gives the reader insight on why the South Vietnamese needed help because of their views, and their current political affiliation, which was that of a semi-dictatorship. Isaacs, Arnold. Vietnam Shadows: The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy.The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore 1997.President Johnson gives the reason why the United States is in Vietnam. His answer that he gives is always the same if you asked him once twice or even three times, “We must do what we are doing to honor our commitments we have made to the Vietnamese people ever since 1954” (Isaacs 33). The committing of over 250,000 American soldiers was the first step to show the North Vietnamese that America was there ready to lay the law down to prove that we were a force to be reckoned with (Isaacs 33). President Johnson based his theory on two fronts. The first was a letter written b...
