Describe the fundamental Cold War beliefs and commitments held by pres

Describe the fundamental Cold War beliefs and commitments held by presidents Kennedy and Johnson that compelled them to involve the United States in a war in Vietnam.

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Kennedy and Johnson saw themselves as merely keeping the commitments to South Vietnam made by their predecessors. Both were Cold Warriors who believed in monolithic communism and the domino theory, and they believed America’s “credibility” as the leader of the free world was at stake in Vietnam. Both feared the domestic political consequences of “losing” Vietnam to Communism.