Vietnam War: military and non-military spending by the federal government 1964-1975

Outlays by the United States federal government were roughly evenly split between military and non-military uses in the early years of the Vietnam War. Both military and non-military spending increased from 1966 until 1969, as the U.S. military was engaged in the heaviest phases of fighting in the war, and as President Lyndon B. Johnson's 'Great Society' social programs came into effect. As the conflict in Southeast Asia began to die down after 1970, military expenditures were drastically curtailed, while other forms of government spending continued to increase into the 1970s.