american involvement in vietnam

Question 1

what did the us government theorise

Answer 1

in the early 1950s, the us government devised the domino theory

Question 2

what was the domino theory

Answer 2

if south vietnam fell to communism, the ideology would spread to nearby countries. this would spread until asia was completely communist; countries would fall like dominoes

Question 3

what did eisenhower do to avoid conflict

Answer 3

eisenhower established the new look policy to avoid conflict and growing stocks of nucleur weapons

Question 4

what did the new look policy provide

Answer 4

money, equipment and military and political experts to south vietnam to help the country become secure

Question 5

did the usa support eisenhower?

Answer 5

despide the corruption and brutality of south vietnams anti-communist leader, ngo dinh diem, the usa supported him