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Initial Escalation of the Vietnam War

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Harry S. Truman
33rd US president,1945. Rejected Ho Chi Minh
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
DRV; communist state, ruled all Vietnam 1945-1954 during 1st Indochina War
viet minh
1941 Vietnamese, Communist-led organization, fought Japanese and French
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam; Established DRV
nationalism
devotion and loyalty to one's own nation patriotism
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communism
social organization based common property communal ownership
France
A republic in W Europe. Paris; sided with US in Vietnam conflict
First Indochina War
A war between France and the Việt Minh between 1946 and 1954.
Geneva Conference
1954 conference in Geneva, Switzerland on restoring peace in Indochina
Geneva Accords
reunification of Vietnam after free elections (which never happened)
containment
policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence
Ngo Dinh Diem
US-backed president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1955-1956.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th US president; modified containment policy; pessimistic domino theory.
paranoia
Baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.
NSC-68
influential memo calling for military buildup deterring Soviet aggression
domino theory
A theory that an expansionist party will take all countries in a region
Republic of Vietnam
A state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975
Cold War
political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of war

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