Eisenhower in Vietnam
- Created by: Rachel Baker
- Created on: 09-04-13 13:42
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- Eisenhower 1953-1961
- continued truman's policy of funding the french war
- saw control of indochina vital
- 1954 Dien Bien Phu-15,000 french army defeated.
- Ike refused support
- Geneva conference- Vietnam to be split at the 17th parallel.
- no foreign troops
- com north, cap south. Nationwide elections 1956
- Us refused to sign due to allowance of communist north
- signalled the end of france in vietnam
- republican trusted by public with foreign policy
- 1955 set up SEATO after french withdrew
- Diem won rigged election in SV
- 1956 Diem blocks national elections. US send 600 "advisers"
- 1959 Vietcong uprising
- continued truman's policy of funding the french war
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