Following the Geneva Conference, President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles concluded that America would succeed in containing Communism in Indochina where France had failed because

A. American economic aid could buy off the Vietnamese Communists.
B. American nuclear superiority would permit Washington to dictate terms to Ho Chi Minh.
C. the French had sought to perpetuate colonialism in Indochina rather than cooperation.
D. American troops were better equipped than their French counterparts.


Answer: C

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