|
“I want to assure you that for so long as our strength can be useful, the U.S. will continue to assist Vietnam in the difficult yet hopeful struggle ahead.”
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960
|
President Dwight D. Eisenhower A hero of the Second World War, General Dwight David Eisenhower was elected the 34th President of the United States in 1952 and was reelected four years later, both times defeating Adlai Stevenson. While he believed in the domino theory – if one nation falls to communism in an area, others are sure to follow – he avoided involving U.S. troops in a land war in Southeast Asia.
|
