organized indochina
communist party
William
Westmoreland
Ngo Dinh Diem
Catholic nationalist and
strong anticommunist (took over Bao Dais government)
Henry
Kissinger
negotiator for Nixon is
Paris, announced fire agreement
Eugene
McCarthy
Robert
McNamara
resigned secretary of
Defense under Johnson's presidency
Clark Clifford
Robert Kennedy
Senator of New York, challenged JOhnsons presidency election running against McCarthy
DMZ:
SEATO
Search and Destroy
missions
National
Liberation Front
(NLF) guerilla campaign
against government led by
Domino theory
thought that if a part of
Indochina was communist, soon all would be
Strategic
Hamlet Program
Geneva Accords
agreements, peace plans
for IndoChina, neutralizing Laos and Cambodia
Delayed stress
syndrome:
recurring nightmares in
which soldiers relive war experiences
Vietnamesation
gradually withdrawing
American ground troops and let the Vietnamese fight themselves
Ho Chi Minh
Trail
series of jungle paths
leading from N to S Laos to Cambodia
What policy
did Eisenhower have?
What policy
did Nixon have?
What was the
most important concern of the Vietnam Hawks?
What caused
the widespread feeling that the war was unwinnable?
What did most
doves believe about the war?
What gave the
US a blank check in Vietnam?
How long after
the war was the memorial dedicated?
8 years
Which
president oversaw the withdrawal from Vietnam?
Which
Presidents presidency was ended by Vietnam?
Vietminh:
Vietcong:
a guerrilla force led from
Hanoi, sought to overthrow S. Vietnam
Defoliant
Boat People
refugees from Vietnam
emigrating to the US
Domino Theory
theory that a certain
result will follow a certain cause
Moratorium
legal authorization usually by a law passed in an emergecny, to delay payment of money due