{"id":3043,"date":"2014-06-05T22:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T19:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2014-04-21T22:05:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T19:05:59","slug":"how-and-why-did-president-johnson-escalate-us-involvement-in-the-vietnam-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/how-and-why-did-president-johnson-escalate-us-involvement-in-the-vietnam-war\/","title":{"rendered":"How and why did President Johnson escalate US involvement in the Vietnam War?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lbj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3044\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lbj.jpg\" alt=\"lbj\" width=\"500\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lbj.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lbj-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/lbj-405x132.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #3b6cc3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/cuba_vietnam\/2_VIETNAM\/2_Why_USA_involved-ESCALATION-DONE\/1_Escalation_LBJ.docx\">How and why did President Johnson escalate US involvement in the Vietnam War?<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #3b6cc3;\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/9nVoU3\"><strong>Teacher mutimedia presentation<\/strong><\/a><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By 1963, Kennedy felt that the US military advisors had done all that they could.\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He decided to announce a phased withdrawal from Vietnam to be completed by 1965.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, three events transformed the situation and meant that instead US involvement was instead rapidly stepped up.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Students should complete the activities in\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #3b6cc3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/cuba_vietnam\/2_VIETNAM\/2_Why_USA_involved-ESCALATION-DONE\/1_Escalation_LBJ.docx\">this worksheet<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0using the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #3b6cc3;\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/9nVoU3\">multimedia presentation<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0at ActiveHistory.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How and why did President Johnson escalate US involvement in the Vietnam War?\u00a0|\u00a0Teacher mutimedia presentationBy 1963, Kennedy felt that the US military advisors had done all that they could.\u00a0He decided to announce a phased withdrawal from Vietnam to be completed by 1965.However, three events transformed the situation and meant that instead US involvement was instead&#8230; 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