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The following Presidents made decisions that had effects on the conflict in Vietnam: Harry S. Truman - 1945 to 1953 Dwight W. Eisenhower -1953 to1960 John F. Kennedy - 1960 to 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson - 1963 to 1968 Richard M. Nixon - 1968 to 1974 Gerald R. Ford - 1974 to 1976 Eisenhower's middle name was David, so he should be listed as Dwight D. Eisenhower. Term dates are loose and inconsistent as well. Truman is correct. Eisenhower is '53 - '61. JFK is '61 - '63. LBJ is '63 - '69. Nixon is '69 - '74. Ford's term was '74 - '77, although decisions about Vietnam War would have been moot after April 30, 1975.
Military threats were drastically reduced in the early 1990s because of the end of the Cold War. :)
At the end of World War II, there were over 23 million men and women in uniform. It was imperative that that number be reduced because it was unsustainable. So, the forces were reduced and munitions were decommission at several places across the country.
The Soviet Union split up into a number of republics. Russia is the largest of these, but is still signifcantly reduced in size, in comparison to when it was founded (as the Soveit Union in 1917, during World War I).
They were reduced in size and limited budget