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What different reasons does president eisenhower lay out for why the us should be involved in Vietnam?
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JFK was puzzled about Vietnam when it began to creep into his administration. He remarked to one of his staff men, "...strange, Ike never mentioned anything about Vietnam, he just kept talking about "Laos", always Laos...he never said anything about Vietnam..."
Maybe...Ike was referring to Vietnam when he mentioned Laos? Vietnam certainly wasn't a big deal back in the 1950s; no one in America even heard of the place before. Only a few more began to hear about the place in the early 60s. It really got into the news after the Tonkin Gulf Incident; "Whats this place called Vietnam?" "Don't tell me were gonna fight another war in some place we never heard of before." "Where is this place anyway?" "Whose the enemy?" "Who attacked who in the Tonkin Gulf...wheres the Tonkin Gulf?"
Just a very very small sampling of the talk back then.
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What president was not involved with the Vietnam warwhat persident was not in the Vietnam war?
Eisenhower.
What year did the US became involved in a war in Vietnam?
President Eisenhower dispatched US military detachments there in 1954 and 1955.
What did president eisenhower have to do with the Vietnam war?
Nothing
What president sent the US into Vietnam?
Eisenhower
Who was the first President to get the US involved in the Vietnam war?
Eisenhower laid the groundwork for U.S. involvement in Vietnam with the Eisenhower Doctrine, which proclaimed that, when it came to the Middle East, the U.S. would be "prepared to use armed force...[to counter] aggression from any country controlled by international communism." Eisenhower was also the first president to send economic and military aid to South Vietnam. Kennedy followed in Eisenhower's footsteps by gradually increasing the amount of enonomic and military aid sent to South Vietnam. And it was Johnson who first sent large numbers of American ground troops to fight in Vietnam.
Did The US became actively involved in Vietnam combat during the administration of President Kennedy?
Just as responsible as Eisenhower before him, and LBJ after him. They all played their part.
Who was the US president when Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel?
Eisenhower
Was Eisenhower president when the US first went to Vietnam?
Yes.
President in the vietam war?
No US president fought in the Vietnam War. Eisenhower and Kennedy were the president when the US first became involved. Johnson and Nixon were the president when the serious fighting took place.
Who first sent us troops to the Vietnam war?
President Eisenhower.
Who was president who started and ended the Vietnam war?
Eisenhower thru Ford.
Who was president at Vietnam war?
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
