Test 2 Flashcards

1
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New look

A

Land and naval forces moved cut out and Air Force increased

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2
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Flexible response

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Gave the president the chance to make military and non military actions

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3
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Laos, bay of pigs, Vienna summit, Berlin

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The prevention of communism

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4
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National liberation front

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Political government whose goal was to overthrow the south for a United Vietnam

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5
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John Kennedy’s policy

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Wouldn’t send people to Laos, but increase military presence in Vietnam

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6
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Agroville and strategic hamlets program

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Fortified settlement in Vietnam, defensible rural populations from veit cong

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7
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Battle of APBac

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Battle fought in Vietnam 1963 in the south

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8
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John Paul van

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Lieutenant colonel in the US
Deputy for civil operations and rural development

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9
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Le Duan

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Revolutionary war leader who started in south Vietnam
Reunification through war

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10
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Buddhist crisis

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Political religious tension.
Civil resistance led by the Buddhist monks

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11
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1963 RVN coup detat

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The coup in south Vietnam against Diem, includes his execution

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12
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Senator Richard Russel

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Big supporter of a strong national defense

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13
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Gulf of Tonkin

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It was a confrontation that caused the US to engage more directly to the war

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14
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Lyndon Johnson

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President durning the war, he made a major escalation of the war

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15
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Barry Goldwater

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Suggest the US should use nuclear weapons on Vietnam

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16
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Robert macnamara

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Promoted US involvement in the war.
Policy analysis

17
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Pleiku attack

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An attack on a U.S. helicopter facility in 1965

18
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Rolling thunder

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A systemic bombing campaign against northern Vietnam

19
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George ball

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Opposed the escalation of the war, believed US was loosing

20
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Hi chi Minh trail

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Military supply route from the north to the south,

21
Q

People’s war

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Battle for people’s peace with shared sacrifice for equal entitlement

22
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Vo Nguyen Giap

A

He was a self taught military leader for north Vietnam

23
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Military draft 1967

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Over 2.2 million people in the US

24
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U.S. military reserves

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Are deployed when needed

25
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David Hackworth

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U.S. army officer and journalist. Army wasn’t learning from there mistakes

26
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Maxwell Taylor

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Rewrote and preached the flexible response

27
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William Westmoreland

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Commander of the US forces durning the war

28
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Battle of la drang

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The first major engagement between the US and NV in 1965

29
Q

Search and destroy

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Insert ground forces search, kill, evacuate

30
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Enclave strategy

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Fortify coastal enclaves and defend the cites

31
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Barrier in Laos

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Macnamara made to prevent invasion from NV

32
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Combined action program

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Marines and SV soilders tasked with protecting a village

33
Q

Out g the g

A

David hackworth said this meaning to out guerrilla NV

34
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Pacification

A

To make peace