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EISENHOWER WAS BORN
Born in Texas in 1890 but raise in Abilene, Kansas.
Father: David Jacob Eisenhower - mechanic and manager.
Mother: Ida Elizabeth Stover - A deeply religious pacifist.
Siblings: Five brothers -
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FIRST INDOCHINA WAR
The U.S. government viewed its involvement in the war as a way to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam. This was part of a wider containment policy, with the stated aim of stopping the spread of communism. -
FIRST INDOCHINA WAR
This lead to the American involvement in the issue of Vietnam because the french forces attempted to maintain colonial role battles Ho's communist rebels. The First Indochina War ends on August 1,1954 -
foreign policy toward vietnam
shortly after the publication of Air Force Maunual 1-2, President Eisenhower adopted a foreign policy of “massive retaliation.” This policy sought to counter the growing Soviet threat. It viewed nuclear weapons as a means of deterring war and as a first recourse should deterrence fail. -
EISENHOWER AND VIETNAM
In February 1954, President Eisenhower refused to commit American troops to the Franco-Vietnamese War -
GENEVA ACCORDS
The purpose was to attempt to find a way to settle outstanding issues on the Korean pensinsula and discuss the possibility of having peace indochina.He was worried about the growing size and the cost of the american defense. -
SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION (SEATO)
the goal of The this organization was to prevent communism from gaining ground in the region. Each country agreed that if one member were attacked the rest would offer defense. Critics believes that America would carry the burdem of the defense agreement by supplying the majority of the miliary forces. -
EISENHOWER’S DOMESTIC POLICY
Dynamic Conservative Eisenhower viewed himself as one; he was "determined to hold the line on any further expansion of the fed gov into America's 'bedrooms' (social issues) or 'wallets' (economic issues). -
VIET CONG BEGINS TO ATTACK ON DIEM'S GOVERNMENT
Viet Cong engaged on south vietnamise troops which who were trained by U.S trining and had U.S weapons AND
Diem ordered bombing raids against suspected viet cong..
