Escalation — Social Studies definition
An increase in the scale or intensity of a conflict.
Where it is taught
- Korea & Vietnam: Local Histories and Cold War Intervention — Cold War: Systems, Conflicts & Transition, U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century, Grade 8
- Korea & Vietnam: War Powers, Local Aims & American Decisions — World War II & the Emerging Cold War, United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century, Grade 11
In use
escalation increased bombing and troop commitments, while antiwar organizing and political debate grew at home.
Korea & Vietnam: Local Histories and Cold War Intervention
In Vietnam, decolonization, division, competing governments, and escalation shaped intervention.
Korea & Vietnam: War Powers, Local Aims & American Decisions