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Tet Offensive

ROCORI Tet Offensive

TermDefinition
Tet New year celebration
General Westmoreland The head of all US forces in Vietnam
Credibility gap Lack of trust by American people in what Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) said, toward the end of the Vietnam war.
US Embassy Located in Saigon
Attrition A military strategy of destroying and opponents forces faster than they can be replaced.
Khe Sanh Combat base in Vietnam
Hue Bloodiest battle in the war
Re-education Camps where former South Vietnamese military officers and government employees were detained by the. Vietnamese communist government after the end of the war in 1975.
President Thieu South Vietnamese military. President of South VietNam, 1967 through 1975.
Ellsworth Bunker US ambassador to Vietnam. He was a “hawk” in his stance about the war.
Walt Rostow Chief national security advisor to LBJ. Wanted to invade North Vietnam.
Clark Clifford Secretary of Defense after McNamara left.
De-escalation Plan to slowly reduce our involvement in Vietnam.
Senators Morse and Mansfield Leaders of the antiwar movement in the US Senate.
Dean Rusk Secretary of State
Eugene McCarthy Senator from Minnesota. First antiwar candidate for president in 1968.
George Wallace Racist governor from Alabama. Presidential candidate in 1968.
Robert Kennedy (RFK) Anti-war presidential candidate in 1968. Assassinated.
War at Home Antiwar movement in USA.
“Wise Men” Retired foreign policy experts, that advised LBJ on Vietnam war.
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