history vietnam warsds

sds (anti war)

-a pivotal 1960s radical student organization that spearheaded the anti-Vietnam War movement in the U.S.

silent majority

-unspecified, large group of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly

binh xuyen

a powerful, Vietnamese anti-communist organized crime syndicate and private army that controlled Saigon from 1945 to 1960

kent state unniversiry incident (may 4,1970)

-national guardmen open fire at students protesting for anti war

nixon doctrine

-foreign policy announced by President Richard Nixon in 1969 stating the United States would honor its treaty commitments but would no longer commit ground troops to defend allies

1969 (woodstock)

music festival that was a massive, peaceful protest against the Vietnam War by gathering ~400,000 youth to promote "peace and love" over conflict

laos

cambodia

26th Amendment (Voting Age)

national voting age from 21 to 18

Rober McNamara

-primary architect of the Vietnam War who escalated U.S. involvement before later concluding the war was unwinnable

-increased troops at gulf of tonkin

Henry Kissenger

-National Security Advisor (1969–1975) & Secretary of State (1973–1977) for President Nixon. -orchestrated the "[Vietnamization]" policy, the secret 1969–1973 Cambodian bombing campaign, and negotiated the 1973 Paris Peace Accords,

Vietnamization

-policy enacted in early 1969 by the Richard Nixon administration aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by expanding, equipping, and training the South Vietnamese armed forces

L. B. J

Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969

-escalated vietnam war by initiating the "Rolling Thunder" bombing campaign (1965), authorizing major ground troop deployments that reached over 500,000 by 1968, and leveraging the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to widen the war

Napalm

-U.S. military dropped approximately 388,000 tons of napalm in the region between 1963 and 1973

-a jellied gasoline that burns at extreme temperature

Domino Theory

If one country falls to communism, surrounding nations will fall as well in a chain

Dien Bien Phu

-The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ (March 13 – May 7, 1954) was the decisive conflict that ended French colonial rule in Indochina

Can Lao

-right-wing, anti-communist political party in South Vietnam founded in the 1950s by Ngô Đình Diệm.

Walter Cronkite

-On February 27, 1968, CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite broke from his usual objectivity to broadcast a landmark editorial, declaring that the Vietnam War was "mired in stalemate"

Vietnam Peace Accords (1973)

intended to end direct US military involvement in the Vietnam War

Fall of South Vietnam - April 30, 1975

-saigon captured by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. T

-led to the evacuation of milions and ended the war

Chao

vietnamese hello

Air America

-a covert airline owned and operated by the CIA from 1950 to 1976 that flew food, supplies, and people

-Motto: "Anything, Anytime, Anywhere, Professionally”

-supported “secret war” in Laos

Hanoi Hilton

-prison where groups for American POWS got tortured and endured brutal lessons

Bob Hope

-USO Christmas tours to Vietnam bringing cheer and comedy to US troops

Ngo Dinh Diem (define)

-first president and creator of south vietnam