Tactics And Approaches Of The Four Presidents During The Vietnam War
This paper will discuss the different tactics and approaches that the four Presidents of the United States had during the Vietnam War. I will review the different approaches that each President had with changing political, cultural, and societal atmospheres outside of Vietnam.
“For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.” Deuteronomy 15:11
President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower was the first president that had to address strategies in Vietnam and putting boots on the ground in Southwest Asia. Eisenhower spent his adult life in the military. Eisenhower wrote in his diary: “There are lots of amateur strategists on …show more content…
And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” President Kennedy was a veteran of World War II and believed that the communist from the North must be contained. President Kennedy said in his first speech that his administration will continue the policy in Vietnam that President Eisenhower put into place. President Kennedy also believed in the ‘Domino Theory’ where is South Vietnam fell other countries in the region would be substitutable to being over ran by the communist as well. While in office Kennedy more than tripled the number of U.S. troops stationed in South Vietnamese. Kennedy refused to remove from the accelerating conflict in Vietnam because, he said, "to withdraw from that effort would mean a collapse not only of South Vietnam, but Southeast Asia. So, we are going to stay …show more content…
With pervious operations in Vietnam not making any headway defeating the Communist North. With the antiwar protest applying pressure on the home front made it difficult to lobby for continuing the war in Vietnam. With the aid of his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, the "secret strategy" became an operation that did not succeed the convincing result, it was looking for until January 1973, a "peace with honor." It would not be a quick end to the war as Nixon previously promised, thus demonstrating a questionable response to its effectiveness. Overall, Nixon's "secret strategy" was not a critical element in ending the Vietnam
“For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.” Deuteronomy 15:11
President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower was the first president that had to address strategies in Vietnam and putting boots on the ground in Southwest Asia. Eisenhower spent his adult life in the military. Eisenhower wrote in his diary: “There are lots of amateur strategists on …show more content…
And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” President Kennedy was a veteran of World War II and believed that the communist from the North must be contained. President Kennedy said in his first speech that his administration will continue the policy in Vietnam that President Eisenhower put into place. President Kennedy also believed in the ‘Domino Theory’ where is South Vietnam fell other countries in the region would be substitutable to being over ran by the communist as well. While in office Kennedy more than tripled the number of U.S. troops stationed in South Vietnamese. Kennedy refused to remove from the accelerating conflict in Vietnam because, he said, "to withdraw from that effort would mean a collapse not only of South Vietnam, but Southeast Asia. So, we are going to stay …show more content…
With pervious operations in Vietnam not making any headway defeating the Communist North. With the antiwar protest applying pressure on the home front made it difficult to lobby for continuing the war in Vietnam. With the aid of his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, the "secret strategy" became an operation that did not succeed the convincing result, it was looking for until January 1973, a "peace with honor." It would not be a quick end to the war as Nixon previously promised, thus demonstrating a questionable response to its effectiveness. Overall, Nixon's "secret strategy" was not a critical element in ending the Vietnam