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Term Paper Throughout United States’ history people have witnessed wars, depression, and famine. But what most of us do not realize is what the United States government has done to other countries, for better or worse. Two Presidents who served their terms in arguably the most controversial times in United States history, with civil rights and escalating conflicts, suddenly became revered for their foreign policies. These Presidents are John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Banes Johnson. Each of these two Presidents were involved in a conflict in Southeast Asia and fought to end the ongoing threat of Communism. This essay will examine the differences in policies each of these two presidents took in their selected course of actions. It will also show that the two president’s policies were very similar in many ways. Foreign Policies of John Kennedy “Kennedy’s foreign policy was based on two major premises. The first was a belief in “monolithic communism”—the idea that all communist movements were orchestrated from Moscow.” The second was the Domino Theory—that should a single strategic country go communist, surrounding countries were sure to follow. Among the countries Kennedy was concerned about were Cuba