How and Why the Vietnam War Began and Unfolded
1956. The country was renamed Vietnam from Indochina. The accords were not signed by the United States and this resulted in the creation of South Vietnam under the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. This was the United States shield against communist expansion in Southeast Asia. In order to protect its allies against the communist expansion, the United States created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). Immediately after the Geneva Conference, President Eisenhower began infusing South…[…… parts of this paper are missing, click here to view the entire document ]…expected that contiguous nations would also fall to communism. When the Communist Party came to power in China in 1949, Washington feared the next Asia domino would be Vietnam. This was the… Continue Reading...
