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Chapter 30 vocab
Vietnam Era
Term | Definition |
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Guerilla Warfare | |
Exile | to be baned from ones native country |
Flexible Response | a defense strategy implemented by John F. Kennedy in 1961 |
Executive Order | help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself. |
Seek and Destroy | search out the enemy and destroy them |
Vietcong | the military arm of the National Liberation Front |
Coup | unexpected blow |
Deferment | a temporary exemption from induction into military service. |
Hawk | those who advocate an aggressive foreign policy based on strong military power. |
Dove | hippies |
Counter Culture | the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society. |
Silent majority | the supporters of Nixon that were not politicaly vocal |
Vietnamization | giving the South Vietnamese government responsibility for carrying on the war, |
MIAs | missing in action |