NO- the actual War occurred after he left office. He did send some military advisers to Vietnam and started the idea of US involvement there.
Domino.
Eisenhower. However, Truman no doubt had US personnel present with the French during their war there; as they were receiving US equipment (M24 Chaffee tanks, and WWII Bearcat fighters, etc.). But then again, SOUTH Vietnam did not exist during the French war.
It was President Dwight D. Eisenhower "coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a "domino" effect in Southeast Asia." This domino theory became the way of thinking toward Vietnam.
The Korean War ended during the administration of President Eisenhower.
Just as responsible as Eisenhower before him, and LBJ after him. They all played their part.
US involvement in Vietnam (then French Indochina) began during WWII, in supporting the Viet Mihn against the Japanese occupiers. US involvement against Ho Chi Mihn dates back to the French Indochina War, during which time Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
US President's Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
President Reagan during the Iraq-Iran Persian Gulf War; Truman for the Korean War; Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford for Vietnam.
President's Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, were also the Commander in Chief's of the US military during the Vietnam War.Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford.
Eisenhower and Kennedy both sent military advisers to Vietnam, but the actual hot war for Americans began under Lyndon Johnson.
President Dwight Eisenhower
Vietnam and Korea.
The Eisenhower Doctrine is actually not a document. It is a speech by President Dwight David Eisenhower. It was a "Special Message to Congress about the situation in the middle east during Eisenhower's President time.
The first battles were fought in the villages and countryside in South Vietnam, and the recording of their dates and locations can only be found in early writings during the US military adviser days during President Eisenhower's administration in 1955.
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford.
Truman had Korea; Eisenhower initiated Vietnam.
Eisenhower. However, Truman no doubt had US personnel present with the French during their war there; as they were receiving US equipment (M24 Chaffee tanks, and WWII Bearcat fighters, etc.). But then again, SOUTH Vietnam did not exist during the French war.