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Who is Le Loi?
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a Vietnamese military leader named Le Loi used guerrilla warfare to defeat the chinese invaders.
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Who is Ho Chi Minh?
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a world wanderer and man of many names, he is best known as Ho Chi Minh (HOH CHEE MIN) "He Who Enlightens."
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What is Vietminh?
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League for the Independence of Vietnam; group of Vietnamese nationalists organized in the 1940s by Ho Chi Minh to drive the Japanese out of Vietnam.
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What is domino theory?
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Cold War belief that if one nation in Southeast Asia fell to to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would also fall.
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What is Ngo Dinh Diem?
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(NGOH DIN de-EM), a former government official under the French.
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What is Vietcong?
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National Liberation Front; communist guerrilla force that began fighting against Ngo Dinh Diem's government in South Vietnam in the 1950s.
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Who is Robert S. McNamara?
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In 1963 Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara had advised President Johnson that he would have to increase the U.S. military commitment to South Vietnam prevent a Communist victory.
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What is Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
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(1964) Congressional measure that gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to wage war in Vietnam.
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What is escalation?
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or, buildup, of U.S. military forces in Vietnam.
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