key words Flashcards
capitalism
a belief in private ownership of the means of creating wealth e.g. industry and agriculture
communism
a belief that the means of creating wealth belong to the commmunity. A classless society where there is no private ownership
cold war
a ‘war’ between the USSR and USA that never turned to actual fighting
Congress
the us parliament
containment
US policy of preventing the expansion of communism into non-communist countries
Defoliants
chemicals sprayed on plants to remove their leaves
democratic republic
a country rules by a popularly elected president
draft
compulsory recruitment for service in the military
gooks
US nickname for the people of Vietnam
Guerrillas
fighters who avoid big battles and attack through ambushing them and laying traps.
attack and retreat
mobile war
a war in which forces are on the move in armoured vehicles, tanks, helicopters etc
napalm
inflammable sticky jelly used in bombs
silent majority
moderate people in society who are too passive to make their views known
truman doctrine
the usa’s duty to prevent the spread of communism. president truman announced he was prepared to engage the usa in military enterprises all over the world to do this
vietnamization
president nixon’s policy of enabling us troops to withdraw from vietnam by getting the south vietnamese army to take over
