such a course of action. This war in Indochina would absorb our troops by divisions!” Indeed the U.S. Army had already run the numbers and concluded it would take seven army divisions and one marine division to defeat the Viet Minh. Along with support and logistics personnel, that meant sending 275,000 men to Indochina. Just months after halting a most unpopular war in Korea, Eisenhower clearly had no appetite for such a dramatic move.
