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Chapter 30 vocab
Vietnam Era
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |