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Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson involved the United States in a war in Vietnam to support Answer: colonial expansion the Vietminh containment the French allies

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Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson involved the United States in a war in Vietnam to support "containment"--specifically containment of the communist influence that was spreading in the area due to Soviet expansion. 
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