John Kunkel wrote:

The "domino theory" that fomented the U.S.'s involvement originated in the
Eisenhower/Nixon administration. In fact, the first public use of the
"dominos falling" terminology to defend involvement in SEA was in a
presidential news conference in April 1954. Troops and the CIA were there in
'53.
Kennedy inherited the failed foreign policy and Johnson ran with it.

While Ike's administration may have "invented" the Domino Theory, their
involvement in SE Asia would likely not have gotten much further than monetary
and clandestine support had Nixon won in '60. Kennedy upped the ante
considerably with Laos and then South Vietnam and while its arguable had he not
been killed in Nov. '63 that Kennedy would have reversed earlier policies,
there is no direct proof of that.



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