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41 Cards in this Set
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ('64-'70)
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US Navy destroyers are fired on by North Vietnamese. President uses this to gain Congress
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Vietnamization
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Defending of South Vietnam will be turned over to the Vietnamese
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1947 National Security Act
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Merged the Navy and Department of war creating the Department of Defense which includes the Air Force, CIA, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defense
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Marshall Plan
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helps Europe get back on its feet. provided us allies with economic aid to hasten their recovery after ww2
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Zero-sum game
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One party wins, the other party losses
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Liberal internationalism
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Make countries more like our selves
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NATO (1949)
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Attack on one is an attack on all. Us makes a lot of money selling weapons to NATO.
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Warsaw Pact
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USSR's version of NATO
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Smoot Hawley Tariffs
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Limit the number of goods coming into the US to try and create jobs
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Ho Chi Minh
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Father of Vietnamese nationalism
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Domino theory
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If one country falls to communism the rest will fall
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Viet Cong
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North Vietnam sympathizers in the south
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Intermestic issues
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Policies that are both domestic and foreign in nature
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Particularism
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Silent majority dominated by a vocal minority.
Ex. Special interest dominating issue areas Cuban Americans and economic interest groupsb such as oil against environmental groups |
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Codetermination
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Power sharing or checks and balances
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Executive agreements
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Sidestep treaties
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War powers resolution
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President has to refer to Congress for troops
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Head of state versus head of government
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Head of state is a figurehead, head of government actually makes the decisions
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Interservice rivalry
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Marine vs Air Force vs army
Competition improves quality but reduces ability to work well together |
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NSA
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coding and encryption
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CIA
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covert and overt operations. international
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NRO
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satelites
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DIA
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Defense intelligence agency. intellIgence to military
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HUMINT
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Human intelligence
flawed and misinterpreted |
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SIGINT
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Signal intelligence
lacks human experience or expertise |
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Raw vs. finished intelligence
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raw-much of this kind
finished- actual usable info |
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Vietnam syndrome
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Americans worry that they will never win a war again, nation is in utter decline.
American bias against any type of military conflict. "another vietnam" |
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domesticated dissent
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ignored because it has become normal/overstated-said same thing TOO much.
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effectiveness trap
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idea to "save" effectiveness
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curator effect
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oversees things (president) dont really change anything but rather just rethink it. linked to executive fatique
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relative isolationism
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prior to WW2 1919-1940
refrain form involvement overseas confining national security interests to us borders ex league of nations was denied by congress |
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interventionism
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national security involves diplomatic and sometimes military alliances
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imperial presidency
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president has more power than congress allows (currently)
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counterintelligence
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designed to prevent spying, intelligence gathering and sabotage by a foreign country
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politicization of intelligence
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deliberating distorting analysis to favor a preferred line of thinking
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soveriegnty
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absolute- control over every aspect of a nation
popular sovereignty -government sustained through the people |
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soft power
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expression of political values and cultural dynamism in ways that other governments may find appealing. ability to attract and cooperate
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Rogers Act 1924
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create a foreign service as a meritocracy (people selected on basis of their ability
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Church Committee hearings ('70)
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more crackdowns, creating congressional intelligence committees with regular reporting!
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organizational subculture
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set of shared values, goals, and functional priorities of the members of a government agency
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all hazards model of DHS
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prepare all sectors of society for an emergency event such as terrorist attack or natural disaster.
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