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20 Cards in this Set
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Mike Mansfield
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limited involvment in Vietnam
won't be stable |
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juan bosch
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elected leader of Dominican Republic
U.S overthrows him |
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William Westmoreland
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promote attrition: kill and wear out equipment to win war in vietnam
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Robert McNamara
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north Vietnam won't quit
embarrassing |
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Senator
shot by Palestinian Arab b/c of Israel support |
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eugene McCarthy
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democrat
promote peace, antiwar no share podium |
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Hubert Humphrey
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Democrat
easily beat McCarthy in elections |
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George Wallace
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head of American Independent Party
segregation |
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Henry Kissinger
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national security advisor to Nixon
abandon detente policy |
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salvador allende
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preisdent of Chile
marxist |
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Augusto Pinochet
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put in as leader of Chile by U.S
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bay of pigs
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where anti-castro exiles land in Cuba
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apollo program
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boost space exploration
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berlin wall
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separate communists and capitalists in Berlin
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allaince for Progress
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aid to latin America to put them under U.S sphere of incluence
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agency for international development
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economic aid for foreign assistance (general)
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Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
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nuclear weapons
increase around the world |
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cuban missile crisis
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climax of cold war
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vietcong
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south vietnamese insurgents (like north)
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army of the republic of Vietnam
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south vietnam army
lead by Ho Chi Minh |
