1 ene 1962 año - Why did America become involved in Vietnam

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-The Americans supported Diem's weak government of South Vietnam because he was capitalist. Diem was widely unpopular amongst the Vietnamese as he was part of the landlord class and was a Christian with very little respect for the Buddhist faith.
-The Americans feared Eisenhower's "domino theory" -> if South Vietnam fell to communism, Laos, Cambodia and eventually India would also fall to communism.
-The Viet Cong were slowly taking control of S. Vietnam.
-America's "military industrial complex " meant that businesses and producers of weapons gained money from conflict, supporting the US economy.

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