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DSST History Of The Vietnam War

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1. The 8th US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968. He was the architect for the Vietnam War and promptly resigned after the US lost badly.






2. Controversial CI program executed by the CIA - United States special operations forces - and the Republic of Vietnam's (South Vietnam) security apparatus during the Vietnam War. It was designed to identify and 'neutralize' the civilian infrastructure






3. (1925-1998) Leader of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He is responsible for the deaths of almost 2 million of his own people due to starvation - execution - and beatings.






4. Incident in which National Guard troops fired at a group of students during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in Ohio - killing four people.






5. Viet Cong vs. South Vietnam and U.S. January 2 - 1963 Ap Bac Hamlet - South Vietnam.






6. In 1954 - Vietminh rebels besieged a French garrison at Dien Bien Phu - deep in the interior of northern Vietnam. In May - after the United States refused to intervene - Dien Bien Phu fell to the communists.






7. 1961. Countries that did not respect human rights were denied military assistance by the United States - and military and non-military assistance were separated and organized.






8. A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956. However - Diem rigged the elections and kept the two divided.






9. He was the head political leader of the Viet Minh - in which he oversaw recruitment and was responsible for other political negotiations for the Viet Minh. Represented the Viet Minh at the Geneva Conference in 1954 - and acted as prime minister betwe






10. Name for the places/fields where enemies of Pol Pot were tortured and eventually killed during the Cambodian Genocide.






11. An amendment prohibiting any future military activity in SE Asia. It was passed by a veto proof majority in both houses - and ended US involvement in Vietnam in 1973.






12. The brother of Ngo Dinh Diem - he played a vital but informal role in Ngo Dinh Diem's government - being largely responsible for taking over drug - alcohol - and gambling syndicates in Saigon. Killed in the coup that overthrew his brother. His wife -






13. Overthrew Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 - clearing the way for US bombing raids to be delivered in Cambodia - dropping four times the tonnage of bombs then were ever dropped on Japan.






14. Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II - the French until 1954 - and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969).






15. A state formerly located in what is now southern Vietnam. It was hostile to Annam and was annexed by Annam and destroyed as an independent entity in 1500.






16. North Vietnamese troops surrounded U.S - Marines in 1968 - forcing the first American abandonment of a combat base due to enemy pressure. Nobody can fully agree on who actually won this battle.






17. Late in April 1975 - communist forces marched into Saigon - shortly after officials of the Thieu regime and the staff of the American embassy had fled the country in humiliating disarray. The forces quickly occupied the capital - renamed it Ho Chi Mi






18. Ngo Dinh Diem's military opened fire on a group of Buddhists protesting the ban of the Buddhist flag - killing nine and spurring widespread protests (including self-immolation by monks) against discrimination against Buddhism.






19. The main negotiator of the peace treaty with the North Vietnamese; secretary of state during Nixon's presidency (1970s). Later won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in Vietnam.






20. A Communist infiltrator; he pushed the Strategic Hamlet Program to self-destructive speeds to foster resentment against the Diem regime - and helped unseat both Diem and the military junta of Khanh.






21. President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S involvement in the Vietnam war - involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces.






22. Vietnam Veterans Against the War; one of the most influential anti-war organizations of its era.






23. A 7 -000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War.






24. Air Vice Marshall of South Vietnam's military; He became Prime Minister in June - 1965 after a coup d'etat (ousting Khanh - then Dr. Quat). Thieu was his chief of state until Ky lost an election in 1967 to him and Ky became vice-president. He ran a v






25. The aim of this massive search and destroy operation was to eradicate the so-called 'Iron Triangle' - an area located in close proximity to Saigon which had become a major stronghold of the Viet Cong. While it did locate and destroy a great deal - it






26. 1946-1954. This war was fought in French Indochina between the French and Viet Minh. The end result was the division of Vietnam at Geneva Conference.






27. The relationship between a nation's investment in defense and civilian goods. President Johnson's attempts at creating his 'Great Society' were hampered by the spending of the Vietnam War - for example.






28. August 1968; various youth anti-war groups met in Chicago to coincide with the Democratic National Convention - were met with police - and televised rioting broke out.






29. A Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam. Also known as the National Liberation Front.






30. American General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak from 1964 to 1968. Preceded by Paul D. Harkins and replaced by Creighton Abrams - who oversaw the withdrawal from Vietnam.






31. 1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet) - and are defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism - but Americans reacted shar






32. After Ho's death - Le assumed leadership of North Vietnam until 1986. He was known publicly as Ba - or 'Second Son.'






33. The leading communist party in Laos - similar to the Cambodian Khmer Rouge. It was eventually used to describe any communist in Laos - and it worked closely with the Vietnamese Viet Minh.






34. President of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) from 1967 until the republic fell to the forces of North Vietnam in 1975. Authoritarian.






35. Nixon launched an air offensive in March 1969 against Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia - leading to the overthrow of Cambodian Prince Sihanouk and strengthening Cambodia's Communists.






36. Hi Chi Minh's most trusted lieutenant - he led the Viet Minh in a victory over the French that concluded with the battle at Dien Bien Phu.






37. Duong led the South Vietnamese army under prime minister Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1963 - he became leader of South Vietnam after a coup in which Diem was murdered. Duong's rule lasted after only two months - but he briefly led South Vietnam again in 1975 be






38. A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7 - 1964 in direct response to a minor and bizarre naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization - without a formal declaration o






39. A network of jungle paths winding from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam - used as a military route by North Vietnam to supply the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.






40. In 1965 - the United States brought in B52 bombers to attack North Vietnam - beginning the escalation of the war and leading to Operation Rolling Thunder.






41. A herbicide used as a chemical weapon during the Vietnam War to kill vegetation and expose enemy hiding places.






42. American ally in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963; his repressive regime brought about the Communist Viet Cong resistance and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover. He was killed in a coup in 1963.






43. 1973 peace agreement between the United States - South Vietnam - North Vietnam - and the Vietcong that effectively ended the Vietnam War.






44. Highly flammable jellied gasoline dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.






45. The largest North Vietnamese campaign since 1968 - carried out during the end of the war in 1972. Despite hampering by inept tactics and high casualties - they gained the city of Quang Tri and a better bargaining position.






46. A US-South Vietnamese plan to set up well-placed towns full of trained villagers to combat the NLF by resettling and training existing towns. Preceded by the equally ineffective Agroville Program - it failed due to poor execution - corruption - lack






47. Students for a Democratic Society-an antiestablishment New Left group - founded in 1960 - this group charged that corporations and large government institutions had taken over America - and protested the Vietnam War. Dissolved in 1969.






48. The political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control - then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.






49. North Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990).






50. French puppet and leader of Republic of Vietnam from 1946-54.