The United States first interpreted the conflict in Vietnam as a colonial independence movement.What led the United States to change this posture to active resistance to communism?

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The Chinese Revolution in 1949 and the North Korean aggression in 1950 heightened U.S. fears of a domino effect of countries falling to communism in Asia. This led the United States to view conflicts in the region, including Vietnam, through the lens of the global struggle against communism, shifting its posture from viewing the conflict as a colonial independence movement to actively resisting communism.

The United States First Interpreted the Conflict in Vietnam as a Colonial