Vietnam War by Mary Tindall

Search-and-Destroy Missions

smcniel100 — 2015-02-25 20:45:52 UTC

Search and destroy missions were a military strategy used mainly in the Vietnam War as new technology was introduced. The idea was to insert ground forces into hostile territory, searchout the enemy, destroy them, and withdraw immediately afterward for safety.

Ngo Dinh Diem

tindallm24 — 2015-02-25 20:46:40 UTC

A conservative anti-communist who overthrew Bao Dai, the emperor of southern Vietnam, when it seemed likely that a communist leader would be elected in the upcoming elections. He was an American ally in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1963; his repressive regime caused the Communist Viet Cong to thrive in the South and required increasing American military aid to stop a Communist takeover. He was killed in a coup in 1963.

Vietcong

tindallm24 — 2015-02-25 20:46:48 UTC

A member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954–75 with the support of the North Vietnamese army and opposed the South Vietnamese and US forces in the Vietnam War.

Escalation

tindallm24 — 2015-02-25 20:46:57 UTC

a policy used from 1965-1968 by President Johnson to increase involvement in the Vietnam War. Lyndon Johnson ordered massive bombing runs over North Vietnam, hoping to curtail support for the Viet Cong. From late 1965, American rules of engagement shifted to allow the launching of more offensive missions. Search-and-destroy and clearing missions formed the bulk of American combat operations from late 1965 to 1967. Mission success was gauged by ‘body counts’, since it was difficult to engage the mobile and elusive Viet Cong. The escalation in combat operations produced a rapid rise in casualties, which had an impact on public support for the war in America.

Defoliants

tindallm24 — 2015-02-25 20:47:08 UTC

Defoliants were sprayed over the jungle in order to destroy the cover of the Vietcong.

Domino Theory

olgamarquex — 2015-02-25 20:48:23 UTC

the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.

Dien Bien Phu

olgamarquex — 2015-02-25 20:48:40 UTC

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (French: Bataille de Diên Biên Phu; Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ) was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries.

Doves and Hawks

smcniel100 — 2015-02-25 20:52:28 UTC

During the Vietnam War, the United States was split into two different sections, the "doves" and the "hawks". The "doves" were those who did not want war and refused to support it. The "hawks" were those who supported the war and believed the aggression by the Vietnamese was the reason the United States in the first place. The two groups argued about the topic until the war ended.

Vietminh

olgamarquex — 2015-02-25 20:52:47 UTC

a member of a communist-dominated nationalist movement, formed in 1941, that fought for Vietnamese independence from French rule. Members of the Vietminh later joined with the Vietcong.

Ho Chi Minh

olgamarquex — 2015-02-25 20:53:09 UTC

Hồ Chí Minh, born Nguyễn Sinh Côn, or Nguyễn Sinh Cung, also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

Robert S. McNamara

smcniel100 — 2015-02-25 20:57:48 UTC

Robert McNamara was the eighth secretary of defense under the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He played a large role in escalating the United States' defense in the Vietnam War. He also remains the longest serving defense secretary in history.

Tonkin Gulf Resolution

smcniel100 — 2015-02-25 21:03:07 UTC

The Gulf of Tonkin incident and the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin resolution provided the justification for further U.S. escalation of the conflict in Vietnam. Acting on the belief that Hanoi would eventually weaken when faced with stepped up bombing raids, Johnson and his advisers ordered the U.S. military to launch Operation Rolling Thunder, a bombing campaign against the North.

Bibliography-Keowee

smcniel100 — 2015-02-25 21:09:18 UTC

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"Robert McNamara."Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.

"Search and Destroy."Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.

Monaco, Lou. "Vietnam - Hawks & Doves."Vietnam - Hawks & Doves. N.p., 05 June 2005. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.

Bibliography-Mary

tindallm24 — 2015-02-25 21:18:16 UTC

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Operation Rolling Thunder

gracewells97 — 2015-02-25 21:29:02 UTC

was anaerial bombardment campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
from March 2, 1965 until November 2, 1968. The four objectives of the operation
were to boost morale of the Saigon regime, persuade North Vietnam to end its
support of communist forces without using ground troops, to destroy North
Vietnam’s transportation system, and to prevent the spread of men and material
into South Vietnam.

Ho Chi Menh Trail

gracewells97 — 2015-02-25 21:31:52 UTC

a logistical system which ran from North to South Vietnam.
It was used to transport manpower and material to the National Front for the
Liberation of South Vietnam.

Students for a Democratic Society

gracewells97 — 2015-02-25 21:33:42 UTC

was a student activist movement from the mid 1960s until
1969 in the United States.

James William Fullbright

gracewells97 — 2015-02-25 21:34:40 UTC

was aUnited States
Senator representing Arkansas from January 1945 until his resignation in
December 1974. Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
He was also a segregationist who signed theSouthern Manifesto Fulbright opposed McCarthyism and the House
Un-American Activities Committee and later became known for his opposition to
American involvement in the Vietnam War. His efforts to establish an international
exchange program eventually resulted in the creation of a fellowship program which bears his name, the Fulbright Program

Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger

olgamarquex — 2015-02-27 20:41:55 UTC

Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, and continued as Secretary of State under Nixon's successor Gerald Ford.

Vietnamization

olgamarquex — 2015-02-27 20:42:38 UTC

US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam

Kent State Shootings

olgamarquex — 2015-02-27 20:45:33 UTC

Kent State definition. A controversial incident in 1970, in which unarmed students demonstrating against United States involvement in the Vietnam War were fired on by panicky troops of the National Guard. Four students were killed and nine wounded.

Pentagon Papers

olgamarquex — 2015-02-27 20:46:24 UTC

A classified study of the Vietnam War that was carried out by the Department of Defense. An official of the department, Daniel Ellsberg, gave copies of the study in 1971 to the New York Times and Washington Post.

The Draft

tindallm24 — 2015-02-27 20:50:30 UTC

During the Vietnam War, about two-third of American troops were volunteered, the rest were selected for military service through the drafts. In the beginning of the war, the names of all American men in draft-age were collected by the Selective Service. When someone’s name was called, he had to report to his local draft broad, which was made up of various community members, so that they could begin to evaluate. By this manner, local draft broads had an enormous power to decide who had to go and who would stay.

The Media and the War

tindallm24 — 2015-02-27 21:01:03 UTC

Vietnam was the first war that issued full freedom to the press, allowing media to cover the war as they saw it. Without censorship, appalling images enabled the public to see war, as they never had before. Many people believe that it was the media that sparked the lack of support for the war. The Tet Offensive, for example, would become one of the most controversial and climactic events in which the media played a role. Up to that point, the media had portrayed the U.S. as winning the war. When the North Vietnamese sprung an attack on the U.S. embassy in Saigon, however, the American public watched on as if they were there.

The Antiwar Movement

tindallm24 — 2015-02-27 21:11:59 UTC

The Anti-War Movement was a student protest that started as the Free Speech movement in California and spread around the world. All members of the Anti-War Movement shared an opposition to war in Vietnam and condemned U.S. presence there. They claimed this was violating Vietnam's rights. This movement resulted in growing activism on campuses aimed at social reform etc. Primarily a middle-class movement.

Tet Offensive

tindallm24 — 2015-02-27 21:18:35 UTC

1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment