... . Rather an incorrect analysis of the Vietnam situation: inaccurately identifying it with the previous Korean quagmire and the overall attitudes of indiscriminate fear of any communist movement, regardless of circumstances, prevailed over American foreign policy and helped begin an ill-advised escalation of American involvement into the Vietnamese civil war. The brief excerpts from The Arrogance of Power address these sentiments ... because "American interests are better served by supporting nationalism than by opposing communism." Basically, the US needs to rethink their foreign policy ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Rather an incorrect study of the Vietnam situation: wrongly identifying it with the previous Korean dilemma and the overall attitudes of indiscriminate fear of any communist movement, regardless of circumstances, prevailed over American foreign policy and helped begin an ill-advised escalation of American involvement into the Vietnamese civil war. The brief excerpts from The Arogance of Power address these ... initiated in these prejudiced times, with indirect military assistance to the French in Indochina in 1950, disregarding important considerations of nationalism and anti-colonialis...

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