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Dean Foster
in one sentence, how were these people largely involved in the vietnam war?

Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chiminh
Nguyen Cao Ky
John Foster Dulles
Dean Rusk
Walt W. Rostow
Henry Cabot Lodge
J William Fullbright
Maxwell Taylor
William Westmorelan

Ngo Dinh Diem was the South Vietnamese leader who was assassinated on November 2, 1963 after a military coup.

Ho Chi Minh was president of North Vietnam (1954-69), the capital city of unified Vietnam, previously Saigon, is now named Ho Chi Minh City.

Nguyen Cao Ky following a military coup led by Nguyen Van Thieu in 1965 Ky became premier, and was Thieu's vice-presidential running mate in the 1967 election.

John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959, was the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) that was created in 1954.

Dean Rusk, U.S. secretary of state 1961 to 1969, was a firm believer in the use of military force to prevent Communist expansion, Rusk strongly defended the Vietnam War.

Walt W. Rostow, special assistant for national security affairs (1966–69) to President Lyndon B. Johnson, exerted a major influence on U.S. foreign policy and strongly advocated the escalating military intervention in Vietnam.

Henry Cabot Lodge was appointed by President Richard Nixon to serve as head of the American delegation to the Vietnam peace negotiations in Paris.

J William Fulbright as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, in 1964, managed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave President Lyndon Johnson sweeping powers to respond to military provocation in South Vietnam.

U.S. General Maxwell Taylor in 1962 he became chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and served until 1964, when President Johnson named him ambassador to South Vietnam.

U.S. General William Westmoreland from 1964 to 1968 commanded U.S. military forces in Vietnam.