The Other Domino Effect

The Other Domino Effect John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon did not define the importance of fighting communism in Vietnam in the same way. Each individual ascended to power at very different periods of U.S. involvement in the conflict, inheriting pressures ranging from omnipotent national theories and verbal commitments (i.e., the Kennedy administration) to tangible large-scale U.S. involvement (e.g., the Johnson administration and even more so the Nixon …

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