Military advisors
Nikita Khrushchev
Most Vietnamese people at the time were in favor of communists (which were also portrayed as patriots) - like President Eisenhower had written: "[if a free election had been hold] 80 per cent of the population would have voted for the Communist Ho Chi Minh" - so it is very easy to understand that they saw Americans as invaders and who worked for South Vietnamese government as collaborators. Therefore, Vietnamese always think of their war as a war of resistance (against imperialism), a moral war and they are very prod that they have defeated the most powerful country in history.
It began in 1957 when President Eisenhower sent the first U.S. advisers to train the South Vietnamese armed forces in counter-insurgency tactics. The first big escalation was in 1965 under President Johnson, with transfer of the 173d Airborne Brigade, followed by several entire combat divisions.
Domino theory.
use armed force to help Middle East nations resist Communist aggression.
Actually, President Eisenhower was a Republican.
President Eisenhower.
Eisenhower in 1957 with the Eisenhower Doctrine
Eisenhower won the election of 1952 and took office in '53.
Nikita Khrushchev
President Eisenhower did not support sending American troops, but President Kennedy did.
of being a communist, which was also the end of Mccartys politics career
Most Vietnamese people at the time were in favor of communists (which were also portrayed as patriots) - like President Eisenhower had written: "[if a free election had been hold] 80 per cent of the population would have voted for the Communist Ho Chi Minh" - so it is very easy to understand that they saw Americans as invaders and who worked for South Vietnamese government as collaborators. Therefore, Vietnamese always think of their war as a war of resistance (against imperialism), a moral war and they are very prod that they have defeated the most powerful country in history.
It began in 1957 when President Eisenhower sent the first U.S. advisers to train the South Vietnamese armed forces in counter-insurgency tactics. The first big escalation was in 1965 under President Johnson, with transfer of the 173d Airborne Brigade, followed by several entire combat divisions.
president eisenhower
Domino theory.
use armed force to help Middle East nations resist Communist aggression.