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Explain how the presidents of the 1960's influenced policy on Vietnam

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Dwight Eisenhower, president from 1953-1961, sent financial aid to South Vietnam.

John Kennedy, president from 1961-1963, sent military advisers.

Johnson, president from 1963-1969, sent combat troops.

Richard Nixon, president from 1969-1974, escalated it by bombing Cambodia. The war finally ended in 1975.

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during the 1960s, United states were involved in a cold war with the soviet union.

At that time, Vietnam was seen as a proxy that could deepen either the soviet union or united states influence in south east Asia.

The president of the 1960s at that time believe that if we did not send our troops there, the soviet union would take control of the rest of the south east Asian countries. This is why majority of them favor the policies to intervene with the Vietnam government,.

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