This
research project examines world events leading up to United States
involvement in Vietnam with the purpose of determining whether these
events were instrumental in the shaping of the decision to enter the
conflict.
These
events include the actions of nations, governments and individuals. The
period of examination is limited to the years of the first Truman and
first and second Eisenhower administrations.
This
research will determine whether the United States' decision to enter
the war in Vietnam was to protect her vital national interests or
interests so skewed by the effect that world events had on political
decision making that the interests were neither national nor vital.
OBTAIN DOCUMENT: America in Vietnam: Containment Lost
