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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
