
Missile Crisis, "If I tried to pull out completely now from Vietnam, As the Cold War went on fear of communism intensified, and was a primary motivation for involvement in the Vietnam War.Īs he told senator and Vietnam skeptic Mike Mansfield after the Cuban There have been two Red Scares in American history. America is believed to be uniquely special, and foreign ideas can only dilute the country's purity. Manifest Destiny is still an important influence on how Americans think about their country and the world. The simple answer is that America has always been deeply suspicious of foreign ideas, especially those which conflict with values considered quintessentially American ( WASP).



People are saying why they believe communism is morally wrong, not why Americans believe it is evil. The answers so far are not answering the question.
