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Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
The south Vietnamese military forces. |
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Doves |
Those who wanted the United States to withdraw from Vietnam were known as doves. |
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Hawks |
Those who insisted that the United States stay and fight came to be known as the Hawks. |
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Robert McNamara |
Secretary of defense under Johnson. |
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Henry Kissinger |
A special assistant for national security affairs and gave him wide authority to use diplomacy to end the conflict; negotiator. |
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Ho Chi Minh |
Leader of North Vietnam. |
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Richard Nixon |
Won the presidency in 1968, he declared that he had a plan for ending the the war in Vietnam. |
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Lyndon Johnson |
Lyndon Johnson was the Vice President during Vietnam war until the presidency plus the growing problem of Vietnam now belonged to him. |
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Vietminh |
A member of a communist - dominated nationalist movement formed in 1941. |
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Vietcong |
The guerrilla soldiers of the communist fraction in Vietnam also known as the National Liberation Front. |
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Khmer Rouge |
Was the name given to the follower of the communist of Kampuchea in Cambodia formed in 1968. |
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Free Speech Movement |
New left group that at takes business and government. |
