Compare And Contrast The Domino In The Vietnam War

In the Vietnam War, communism was the root of U.S. involvement. By dictionary definition, communism is “a theory advocating elimination of private property” and “a system where goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed.” Communism originated in WWII and escalated with the Soviets at the end of the war. The United States had different theories as to how the spread of communism would be stopped, as well as stopping the domino effect from taking place. Truman and Eisenhower had contrasting ideas, such as containment and brinksmanship.
While the dictionary has a definition of communism, it was different in the Soviet Union. Communism is viewed as a system where everyone is society receives equal share of the benefits of labor; it is designed to allow the poor to rise up and be equal to the middle class, and wealth from the upper class is distributed so that they are on the same social and economic level as the middle class. Communism originated …show more content…
The domino theory was the theory that a political event in one country would eventually spread to surrounding ones. Truman and Eisenhower were both focused on this concept, and had different approaches. Truman favored the idea of containment, which was containing communism to the countries it was in. On the other side, Eisenhower favored the idea of brinkmanship, which is going to the “brink” of war to fix an issue. While they were fighting communism, the U.S. supported the French and Ngo Dinh Diem. First, the French were supported by the United States because the U.S. opposed the Soviets, wanted to stop communism from taking over Vietnam, and stopping communist control in China; the French were capable of helping the U.S. achieve these goals. Second, Diem was supported by the United States by receiving encouragement for him to broaden his government and implement a