Cold War in Asia
The Khmer Rouge carried out a massive genocide in which country?
Cambodia
In the late 1960s and throughout 1970s, the greatest security threat to China came from which country?
Soviet Union
The ability for a state to determine its own policies is termed what?
autonomy
The first North Korean successful nuclear test was in what year?
2006
This type of insurgency wants to break away to form a new state.
Secessionist
In what year did Chinese engineering and anti-aircraft artillery units return from service in North Vietnam?
1970
The name of the document that Nixon signed at the conclusion of the former president's trip to China in 1972.
Shanghai Communique
When the Soviet Union did not come to the aid of Vietnam when it was attacked by China in 1979, this could be classified as ___________________.
abandonment
What do Ochmanek & Schwartz contend is NK's most compelling motivation for possessing a nuclear deterrent?
deterring threats to the survival of the regime
The Taliban and ISIS both represent this type of insurgency group.
Traditionalist
What did Stalin warn the CCP would bring about if it engaged in a civil war with the GMD?
"the Chinese nation would face self-destruction."
In what year did an anti-Communist and anti-Chinese rebellion erupt in Tibet?
1959
How many middle school children were killed in the infamous "highway incident" in South Korea in 2002 by a U.S. mine-clearing tank?
Two
TRUE OR FALSE: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) can penetrate the earth several feet.
TRUE
It is estimated that the Tamil Tigers received this amount of money each year from the Tamil diaspora to help them purchase weapons from North Korea.
$60 million
Where did U.S. forces do a surprise amphibious landing that brought about a dramatic turnaround for the Korean War.
Inchon
What is the name of the Chinese strategy to reward politicians and interest groups that show sensitivity to Chinese interests and punish those that don't.
"conditioning"
What two countries does the U.S. explicity extend its nuclear deterrence over?
Japan and South Korea
What is the yield in kilotons for the largest nuclear bomb currently in the U.S. arsenal?
1,200 kt
Galula argues that the initial ___________ of the insurgency will diminish as a war erupts between the insurgents and the government.
cause or causes
What islands controlled by Taiwan were shelled by China in 1958 and caused Eisenhower to use U.S. naval assets to protect them?
金門 Jinmen (Quemoy)
Lin Biao (林彪 )
This Japanese Prime Minister initiated a number of alliance difficulties with President Obama.
Hatoyama
What are the four lessons NK leaders have learned from the multiple U.S. led foreign imposed regime changes?
Dig deep; Disperse; Don't reveal anything; Don't give up the weapons
What did Galula contend that counter-insurgency forces should be able to do to young insurgent movements?
infiltrate