American involvement in Vietnam has proved to be one of the most divisive and controversial wars since it were also one of the longest in its history as it took a period of nearly 30 years, from 1944 to 1973. American involvement in Vietnam can be dated back to World War II after the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) representatives made contact with the little known revolutionary group called the Vietminh, who were their cronies in the war against Japan. The Vietminh was an ostensible umbrella under which socialists, nationalists, peasants, students, and other organizations could coalesce to fight the Japanese who had taken colonial control of Vietnam from the French. However, at the closing stages of the Second World War and the start of the Cold War, they were quickly viewed as possible threats due to the communist influence within the Vietminh organization. Ho Chi Minh who was a revolutionary leader and fought alongside the U.S. was no longer perceived as a nationalist but as one of Moscow’s pawns. In 1947, a stance taken by former U.S. president Harry Truman to aid nations vulnerable to Communist conquest also did not help out the situation in Vietnam but later on took a domino upshot for future presidents. This policy was pertained to the conflict in Vietnam. Both directly and indirectly, the U.S was involved in Vietnam both militarily and politically in a conflict which can be thought to structured into three phases starting with the 1944 to 1954 covert operations phase, the advising phase, and the third phase in which the U.S. forces had a direct involvement in Vietnam. The Franco-Vietminh War also intensified American involvement in Vietnam as they supported France in re-conquering its former colony and restraining the spread of communism. Despite this support, the French lost and Ho Chi Minh with his triumphant Vietminh controlled much of the country and declared the formation of Vietnam’s north Democratic Republic. This forced the U.S. into supporting the establishment of an adversarial Vietnamese Republic in the south while arming, advising, and training the newly formed Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Former U.S. president Eisenhower hopefully thought that this assistance would prevent the North Vietnamese communist regime from conquering. However, South Vietnam started to subside both politically and militarily by 1965 which led to direct participation of the U.S. forces in Vietnam. This involvement further escalated the war owing to the volatile conditions at that time volatile. In 1961, Vietnam was not a key topic when John F. Kennedy took office but it later developed into an issue when civil warfare broke out in Laos. This enforced Kennedy into sending military advisors and Special Forces known as the Green Berets in order to train and work with the ARVN troops as an alternative to sending battle troops. In attempts to divest the Vietcong of their ‘jungle cloak’ and food, herbicides such as Agent Orange were exploited as they were sprayed in the mid-air. This essay is therefore going to mirror the war implications, the battles, strategies, accounts and some of the key figures of the war since each conflict has its own idiosyncratic horrors, success an