... of Southeast Asia, the United States worst fear. That is why U.S. got involved because we feared communist takeover ("Vietnam War-). Eisenhower was also one of those quiet presidents', but when John F. Kennedy came into office, all hell broke lose. When President Kennedy took office in January of 1961, there were only 900 official U.S. Military Advisors in South Vietnam. By the end ... war ("Vietnam War-). Nixon gradually reduced U.S. ground troops in Vietnam, but he increased the bombing ("Vietnam War-). Nixon expanded air and ground operations into Cambodia and Laos in attempt to bloc...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . Nation building was failing the South, and, in 1960, communist cadres created the National Liberation Front (NLG) or Vietcong as its enemies called it, to challenge the Diem regime. President John F. Kennedy concurred with his predecessor's domino theory and also believed that the credibility of U.S. anticommunist commitments around the world was imperiled in 1961. Consequently, by 1963 he had tripled American ... he increased the bombing; the tonnage dropped after 1969 exceeded the already prodigious levels reached by Johnson. Nixon expanded air and ground operations into Cambodia and...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... . Nation building was failing the South, and, in 1960, communist cadres created the National Liberation Front (NLG) or Vietcong as its enemies called it, to challenge the Diem regime. President John F. Kennedy concurred with his predecessor's domino theory and also believed that the credibility of U.S. anticommunist commitments around the world was imperiled in 1961. Consequently, by 1963 he had tripled American ... he increased the bombing; the tonnage dropped after 1969 exceeded the already prodigious levels reached by Johnson. Nixon expanded air and ground operations into Cambodia and...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7