y President Eisenhower to President Diem on October 23, 1954. The other was the Southeast Asia Collective Defense treaty and protocol ratified in February 1955 (Isaacs 34).This reference was very good it demonstrated the political reasons why the United States got involved in the conflict in Vietnam. Also, it demonstrated the change in the presidency when the letter of President Eisenhower, affected the decision making process of President Johnson. Luckily the two played out for the better of the president in his diplomatic tendencies. In comparison to the other books this book Vietnam Shadows, gets deep into the pre-war era before the negotiations ever took place in Paris, France. Pipkens-Smith 5Also it showed the transition between the presidents and the diplomacy that stayed virtually the same.Maitland, Terrence. The Vietnam Experience: Raising the Stakes.Boston Publishing Company, Boston 1980.Vietnam officials did not know how to take the new President Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson concerned his focus on winning the people over for their support in this infamous conflict (Maitland 94).President Johnson had a concept of a great foreign policy. It was some what like that of Hitler at Munich (Maitland 95). He also liked the domino theory that was stated to be one of his most unpopular plans in congress because it would also make the United States fight more than one enemy at a time (Maitland 97). President’s Domino theory was simply this if we go after the root cause of the problem. Then we can over all eliminate the current progressive issue (Maitland 95). What the problem was here that the root cause was China one of the most powerful armies in the world. Johnson after being advised by his council came to the worst decision he ever had to make and that was to commit troops to Vietnam (Maitland 96). President Johnson was quoted to saying. “I did everything I could to avoid taking the steps that would escalate o...
