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Vietnam War
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The war in IndoChina did not begin as a war against communism. It begain as a war of decolonization.
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Ho Chi Minh
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Vietnamise, Him along with his communists began to resist the Japanese occupation. After the Second World War a war of decolonization broke out bewteen Ho Chi Minh and the French forces.
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Dien Bien Phu
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A major french garrison was surrendered here. This was the end of the war between the Vietnamese an the frech forces.
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Geneve Agreement
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The settlement of Indochinese issues was done at Geneva. Loas and Cambodia were granted independence and Vietnam was divided temporarily into the seventheenth parallel.
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Viet Cong
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The soldiers of Vietnam
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Gulf of Tokin Resolution
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Vietnamses torbedeoed an american destroyer
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Hi Chi Minh Trail
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ran from North Vietnam through cambodia through loas and back in sounth vietnam.
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Vietnamization 1969
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anti-war movement in the usa had reached a sophisticated level. The movement had gained some measure of respectability.
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Henry Kissinger
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The american secretary of state.
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Two track formula
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The bias of nixsons plan for the next four years:
Military solution Political Solution |
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Watergate Scandel
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Five men working for the republican party were arrested for breaking into the hotel (this was where the democratic headquarters were) These men had attempted to placing bugs in the offices of the democratic party.
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Pathet Lao
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A communist organization whitin Laos, worked easily with the Viet Cong of Vietnam.
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Khmer Rouge
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Combodian Communistis
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Pol Pot
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Absulut dicatator for the Khmer Rouge
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Boat People
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People fleeing to neighboring countires. This created an enormous refugee problem.
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