THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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China
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Korea
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Taiwan
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Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -He used a range of programs to try to stop the spread of communism. These included a conventional weaponry program to give the nation’s military more flexibility. The programs also included economic aid to Latin America and the creation of the Peace Corps to help developing nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -In May 1961, JFK had authorized sending 500 Special Forces troops and military advisers to assist the government of South Vietnam. They joined 700 Americans already sent by the Eisenhower administration. In February 1962, the president sent an additional 12, 000 military advisers to support the South Vietnamese army.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kennedy and some of his close advisers believed that Vietnam presented an opportunity to test the United States’ ability to conduct a “counterinsurgency” against communist subversion and guerrilla warfare.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Domino Theory American foreign policy after World War II was based on the goal of containing Communism and the assumptions of the so-called “domino theory"-if one country fell to Communism, the surrounding countries would fall, like dominoes.