The French were defeated by Vietnam and withdrew from the country over a period of time. According to a lecture from POSC 458 - the Vietnam Wars, a Geneva Convention decided to divide Vietnam in two - North and South Vietnam. Soon after that decision as a lecture from POSC 458 - the Vietnam Wars, indicates the North started a more hawkish approach to its neighbors Laos and Cambodia. Perhaps fearing South Vietnam would be the next likely target, President Dwight David Eisenhower sent advisers to the South - officially involving the United States of America in the conflict. As a lecture from POSC 458 - the Vietnam Wars indicates, at this point in time, although it was not as strong as it would become in the 1960s, the civil rights movement for
