HISTORY EXAM 3 LECTURE 13

Client state

received military and or financial backing from one of the superpowers in exchange for following the political and economic systems of that superpower

non aligned states

remained neutral during the war

ex: egypt, india, china, yugoslavia

korean war dates

1950-1953

vietnam war dates

1957-1975

what is the difference between the northern and southern halves of korea and vietnam

northern half= client state of the soviet union

southern half= client state of the united states

domino theory

if one neighboring country fell to soviet domination, the next one would fall and so on

george kennan

US diplomat

wrote the long telogram

what was the purpose of the long telogram

argued soviet union only responded to military force

US needs to use force in order to contain them

began the policy of containment

truman doctrine 1947

adopted policy of containment as the US central foreign policy principle

promised that the US would offer military aid to countries that needed help resisting the soviet union

NSC 68 (national security council)

said that the US would work hard to stop the spread of soviet power and would use military intervention to do so

announced in 1959

what was revolutionary movement in korea inspired by

lenin and the revolutionary vanguard

what are the northern and southern halves of korea divided by

38th parallel

when did japan lose control of korea

the end of WW2

Syngman Rhee

south korean leader

pro US

Kim II Sung

north korean leader

pro soviet union

wanted north korea to invade south korea

what was south korea called

the republic of korea

what was north korea called

the democratic peoples republic of korea

ruled by the korean workers party

Ho Chi Minh

* pro soviet
* leader of viet minh

viet minh

league for the independence of vietnam

followers of the soviet model

used guerilla warfare

first indochina war

1946-1954

* between the traditional army of france and the guerilla fighters of vietnam
* war ended with the battle of dien bien phu and the french decided to leave vietnam

when did the geneva conference occur

april to july 1954

what was the result of the geneva conference

decided vietnam would be temporarily divided into north and south parts at the 17th parallel

* north vietnam would go to the soviet sphere of influence
* south vietnam would go to the US sphere of influence

Ngo Dinh Diem

pro US

nationalists

opposed to ho chi minh

second indochina war (vietnam war)

1957-1975

* war between north and south vietnam
* US sent military aid to south vietnam
* US left the war in 1973
* north vietnam conquered south vietnam in 1975

socialist republic of vietnam

* single party rule
* ceated after nother conquered south
* vietnam gained independence from france and japan