President Kennedy believed in the "Domino Theory" that required Communism to be contained in every instance. Therefore in his first speech on becoming president, Kennedy made it clear that he would continue the policy of the former President, Dwight Eisenhower, and support the government of Diem in South Vietnam.
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Mexico was neutral.
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Containment .
1. From a guerrilla war to a conventional war. 2. From war in only South Vietnam to open warfare against North Vietnam.
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They weren't.
1955.
Over 50,000 Australian Servicemen fought in the Vietnam War.
No.
Mexico was neutral.
They weren't.
Because they believed theVietnamWar was a civil war , which it was, and that our involvement was unnecessary.
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They approved the funding.
no its 1968
Vietnam was not a war it was an action.