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Korean War |
1950, North Korea invaded South Korea in attempt to unify the country under Communist rule. |
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Fidel Castro |
In 1959 Fidel Castro led an uprising to overthrow a brutal Cuban dictator. |
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Bay of pigs invasion |
President Eisenhower had approved a secret plan to overthrow castro using cuban exiles. |
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Vietnam war |
France refused to declare Vietnam independence which led to the 'Vietnam War" |
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Ho Chi Minh |
A communist leader |
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"Domino Theory" |
the belief that if one contry falls tocommunist others will soon follow |
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Vietcong |
Vietnamese Communists |
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Analyze how the cold war, conflicts in Korea and vietnam influenced domestic and international politics between the end of WWll and 1992 |
We lost the Vietnam war because of many reasons, north vietnam support, the Guerrilla war and the popularity of the nationalist cause. We wasted money and time on a war that we lost. |
