ur commitment” (Maitland 95).Awesome political issues in this book it was some what like being in the oval office as the President was faced with the issues of either folding or raising the annie of this conflict. All though he was forced to play his hand it is still a very credible source, and should be viewed as such. I would most likely to use this book to document some of the political roles that were played in the decision making process of this conflicting era. Pipkens-Smith 6This book differs from some of the other sources in the respect that it deals with more politics of why we were going, and how we could avoid getting into this type of mess. Unlike the other books that gave you a quick overview then got right into the battles.Scheer, Robert. How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam. Santa Barbara, CA: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1970. The Vietnam War is very interesting because many people have wondered how and why the United States got involved in a war that really didn’t seem to concern them. American involvement officially began in 1950 when the US government recognized the Bao Dai government and began sending the French aid to fight off the communist backed Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh (Scheer 10). The French lost the war because it was not fully committed to a “win” policy (Scheer 10). The Bao Dai, anti-Communist nationalist alternative, whom the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations had supported, had failed to undercut the appeal of the Viet Minh (Scheer 11). The price of peace involved the surrendering of some portion of the country to the Communists, and the United States could not oppose since it had not become deeply involved (Scheer 12). The United States instead placed its hopes on a new anti-Communist nationalist alternative his name was Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem accepted the offer and his government were formally organized. This started a new phase of U.S. involv...
