GoBuffs-Vietnam

7. The hope was that with continued American aid behind the front lines, the ARVN would fight its own battles to secure South Vietnam.
10. the American commander in South Vietnam.
11. Nixon had grown impatient with the snail’s pace of the peace negotiations.
14. diverse groups that included liberal politicians, pacifists, student radicals, and civil rights leaders,
15. is a jellied gasoline which was dropped in large canisters that exploded on impact,
16. repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States
17. Clifford to take an objective look at the military and political situation in Vietnam
19. concerned rights for young people
22. The Kent State killings led to demonstrations on other campuses.
24. bombing campaign
25. goal was to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.

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2. prime minister of vietnam
3. the Democrats angrily debated placing an antiwar plank in the party platform.
4. announced his candadicy for presidancy
5. minor fighting escalated when North Vietnam launched an offensive against the South.
6. The papers were a classified government history of America’s involvement in Vietnam
8. The parties agreed to a cease-fire and a U.S. troop withdrawal from South Vietnam
9. supported Johnson’s war policy.
12. communists in Vietnam was important to the protection of the entire region.
13. Ho Chi Minh’s military doctrine hinged on fighting only when victory was assured,
18. many American troops had been injured and killed by Vietcong fighters posing as civilians
19. was a coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities, as well as the U.S. embassy in Saigon.
20. launched an insurgency in which they assassinated government officials and destroyed roads and bridges
21. destroys plants
23. This gap referred to the American public’s growing distrust of the statements made by the government.