Foreign Doctrines
the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries.
Domino Theory
Early in 1953, the French asked President _____ for help in French Indochina against the Communists, supplied from China, who were fighting the First Indochina War.
Eisenhower
is a body of water located off the coast of northern Vietnam and southern China.
Gulf of Tonkin
_____ is the guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam (late 1950s–1975) and the United States (early 1960s–1973).
Viet Cong
a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved
Proxy War
the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
Brinkmanship
was a Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–55), and then served as President of South Vietnam from 1955 until he was deposed and killed during the 1963 military coup.
Ngo Dinh Diem
A grouping of the three Vietnamese regions of Tonkin (north), Annam (centre), and Cochinchina (south)
Indochina
_____ is a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance, while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and populations served.
Peace Corps
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Under the _____ Doctrine, a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state and singled out the Soviet threat...
Eisenhower Doctrine
the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He played a major role in escalating the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War.
Robert McNamara
A name of Vietnam used prior to 1945.
Annam
_____ is the government organization in the United States that collects secret information about other countries
CIA
was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
an increase in the intensity or seriousness of something; an intensification. Increasing the number of troops and advisors to Vietnam
Escalation
was a United States Army general, most notably commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
Gen. William Westmoreland
Saigon
Vietnamese revolutionary leader Hồ Chí Minh declared independence from French Indochina on 2 September 1945 and announced the creation of the ______
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
The ______ was a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong (rebel forces sponsored by North Vietnam) and North Vietnamese forces, on scores of cities, towns, and hamlets throughout South Vietnam. It was considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War.
Tet Offensive
an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
Armistice
was a Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War from 1953 to 1964.
Nikita Khrushchev
During the Vietnam War, _____ was a major air base used by the South Vietnamese and United States Air Forces.
Da Nang
was a mass political organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia with its own army that fought against the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War
National Liberation Front
_____ massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War. A company of American soldiers brutally killed most of the people—women, children and old men—in the village of My Laion March 16, 1968.
My Lai