Biography of John Steinbeck John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902. He spent most of his life in Monterey County, which is the setting for much of his fiction.
President Truman agreed to aid Franceâs efforts to regain control over Vietnam because he Select one: a. supported the spread of colonialism. b. feared the spread of communism in Southeast.
Confidence votes 59. 1  The Vietnam war started because American president Eisenhower did not want communism to spread throughout the world and eventually to America. 2  The basic answer is that the U.S. was asked by France, via NATO, to keep the communists from taking over the French Territory.