Vietnam Was John F. Kennedy's Biggest Mistake

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Vietnam Was John F . Kennedy 's Biggest Mistake

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The biggest mistake that John F . Kennedy ever did was to endorse a coup that saw the president of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem ousted out of power and consequently his death . This was during the time when there was a war that historians refer to as the Vietnam War . This is said to have been the longest and among the worst in the

history of mankind that lasted from they year 1960 to 30 April , 1975 . This was a war the United States of America were fighting the communists of North Vietnam in aid of the south Vietnam . The war ended with the victory of the North Vietnam communists , though they later united as one country . The war of Vietnam is said to have come about as a result of the US fear that should the entire Vietnam become a communist country , they would spread communism to the South East Asia . The US therefore used to provide financial and military support to Diem 's administration . John F . Kennedy was the 35th president of United States of America . He was popularly known as JFK . JFK 's tenure as a president was very short lived since he was assassinated on 1963 (Robert . et al . 1996 . He therefore ruled the USA from the year 1961 - 1963 . JFK 's career as a politician started in 1947 when he represented...