It's what it means
to expose Vietcong tunnels and hideouts, U.S. planes dropped this gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungles of Vietnam
What is Napalm
Communist leader of the Vietnamese struggle against the French, the Japanese, and the Americans
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This granted the U.S. president broad military powers in Vietnam
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
The U.S. military used planes to spray this leaf-killing toxic chemical which devastated the landscape of Vietnam
What is Agent Orange?
As secretary of defense in the Johnson administration, he admitted he "would have thought differently at the start" of the conflict in Vietnam if he had been aware of the Vietcong's resilience
Who is Robert McNamara?
This temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel
What is the Geneva Accords?
Critics of Johnson's policies in Vietnam used this term to describe their distrust of what the Johnson administration reported to the public about the war
What is the credibility gap?
This president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
This was the first extensive bombing of North Vietnam
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
the idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
What is domino theory?
He served as the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam
Who is William Westmoreland?
conducted by U.S. soldiers, these resulted in the uprooting of Vietnamese villagers with suspected ties to the Vietcong, the killing of their livestock, and the burning of their villages
What are search-and-destroy missions?
required enrollment in the armed forces
What is the draft?
South Vietnamese citizens who fought against the South Vietnamese government and American forces
Who is the Vietcong?
this was the name of the battle we watched in the documentary on Wednesday and Thursday
What is the battle of la Drang?