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Vietnam
Term | Definition |
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Guerilla Warfare | Unconventional military tactics such as ambush, quick-fire attacks. Use of terrain to own advantage |
atrocities | Acts of great cruelty |
Ceasefire | an agreement to stop fighting, temporarily |
Draft/conscription | Compulsory military service |
Capitalism | Economic system driven by individual profit and ownership, competition, and no government involvement in business |
Democracy | A system of government, the members of which, are elected representatives of the population |
Domino theory | The theory that a political event in one country (communism) will cause similar events in neighbouring countries |
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | A US resolution passed in August 1964 that allowed the USA to send troops into SEA without a declaration of War |
Nationalism | Strong belief in a specific grouping (nation) being one's primary identity; pride in one's nation |
Vietnamisation | A Nixon policy to expand, equip and train South Vietnamese forces so that they can take over as the USA military reduced its presence |
Chemical defoliant | Chemicals that are sprayed on plant to cause the loss of leaves and shoots |
Puppet state | A country that is technically independent but takes its orders from another country's government |