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Prominent voice demanding independence for Vietnam; embraced communism; anti-French
Idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, its close neighbors would follow
Southwest Asia Treaty Organization; goal to contain spread of communism in Southeast Asia (like NATO)
Vietnamese National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters
Authorized the US President "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression"
jellied gasoline dropped in large containers that exploded in flames on impact
Division of conservative Americans who supported Johnson's war policy of the containment of communism and engagement in Vietnam
Other liberal side that protested against the war by questioning the war on moral and strategic grounds
young men drafted into military service
postponements (of draftees)
coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities, as well as US embassy in Saigon
Nixon's policy to build up Southern Vietnam's forces while slowly withdrawing US troops
University where National Guard members mistakenly fired into a group of student demonstrators, killing four
Village where American troops mistakenly killed four to five hundred innocent Vietnamese civilians
Classified government history of America's involvement in Vietnam leaked in The New York Times
Accord between the US, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong to a cease-fire and US troop withdrawal from South Vietnam
Passed in 1973; required President to consult with Congress within 48 hours of committing American forces to a foreign conflict
Political idea where political goals should be defined by concrete national interests instead of abstract ideologies; embraced during Nixon era
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty; froze deployment of ICBMs, limits on ABMs (anti-ballistic missiles), but did not regulate stockpiling of MIRVs (multiple independent reentry vehicles)
Policy aimed at reducing Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the US; adopted by Nixon

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