Eisenhower Vietnam Case Study

Which US President, Eisenhower, Kennedy or Johnson, is most responsible for committing the US to war in Viet Nam?

When asked to choose who is the most responsible for committing the United States to war in Vietnam, I’d have to say it was President John F. Kennedy. Although the United States was already involved with Vietnam during Eisenhower’s presidency, our involvement increased drastically because of Kennedy’s continuous increase in aid to South Vietnam. If it weren’t for is continuing increase in aid, the United States wouldn’t have been so committed to the war in Vietnam and the US could have exited it much sooner without appearing as though we were abandoning the people of South Vietnam. At the end of Eisenhower’s presidency, the