Leaders of the Cold War
Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Khrushchev
Cuban revolutionary who overthrew the Batista regime in 1959
Who is Fidel Castro
1964 confrontation triggering real war between the USA and North Vietnam
What is "The Gulf of Tonkin Incident"
Dividing line between the Soviet and American zones of Korea
What is the 38th parallel
This 1959 conflict reduced dramatically the USA's influence over Cuba
What is the Cuban Revolution
American president elected in 1961, who led the USA during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is John F. Kennedy
First Asian nation to "fall" to communism in 1949
What is China
Type of warfare with irregular tactics like secret attacks at irregular times and sabotage, instead of large set-piece battles
What is guerrilla
Nationalist China supported anti-communist efforts in North Korea. It's government was established in Taiwan, formerly known as...
What is Formosa
Cuban bay where the US navy established an important base during the early 20th century
What is Guantanamo
American president in 1954, creator of the domino theory
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
In the communist domino effect, after China and Korea would come...
What is Vietnam
Lottery style system used by the US army for conscription
What is "the draft"
Capital city of the Republic of Korea, set up in 1948 under the presidency of Syngman Rhee
What is Seoul
This intelligence agency set up training camps in Guatemala in 1960 to prepare a small assault army for removing Castro
What is the CIA
Leader of the Vietminh
Who is Ho Chi Minh
Political and military group formed in South Vietnam to fight the anti-communist South Vietnamese and later the USA
What is the Vietcong
Policy pursued by president Nixon (1969), supporting the South Vietnamese army with money and materials, while withdrawing American troops
What is "Vietnamization"
Asian power kept by the USA from joining the UNO in its early years
What is China
Remote Cuban bay where 1400 troops would invade to topple Castro's regime
What is Bay of Pigs
Former vietnamese emperor who regrouped the anti-Communist South
Who is Bao Dai
Vietnamese army formed by the Communist Party in 1941, which opposed French recolonization
What is the Vietminh
Name used in the USA to classify those people in favor of military solutions in the Vietnam war
What is "hawks"
Name of the communist republic established by the Soviets in North Korea
What is Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Military readiness stage preceding nuclear war
DEFCON 2