Containment meant stopping the advance of Communism wherever it looked like it was gaining ground.
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Domino Theory
President Eisenhower was convinced that China and the USSR were planning to spread communism throughout Asia. This was called Domino Theory as they thought if one country fell to communism then the surrounding countries would also.
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American Politics
In the 50s and 60s it was a sure vote winner to talk tough about communism In Kennedy's campaign (in 1960) he promised to continue the tough polices of Eisenhower
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The military/Industrial Complex:
The government gave huge budgets to the military commanders. these budgets were spent on weapons contracts which went to huge corporations. thus, both the military and big business actually gained from conflict
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Were the Americans Ready for the War?
Their firepower and technonlogy were superior but they were spupporting a government that had lost the support of most of its own population agianst an enemy who'd already won the support of many ordinary Vietnamese poeple
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Domino Theory
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President Eisenhower was convinced that China and the USSR were planning to spread communism throughout Asia. This was called Domino Theory as they thought if one country fell to communism then the surrounding countries would also.
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