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Ike's Vietnam (1954)

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 11:30 a.m.

It\u2019s February 11th. On this day in 1954, President Eisenhower expressed deep skepticism about US involvement in Vietnam. That would, of course, come to change.

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Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss how Eisenhower tried to avoid involvement, but also established the \u201cDomino Theory\u201d approach to viewing Vietnam that may have set up an inevitable US intervention.

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Find a transcript of this episode at:\xa0https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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