Vietnam War Vocabulary

3. The difference between what a person says or promised and what they actually think or do
4. A cold war policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to a communist takeover, falling like dominos
5. A tactical herbicide used by the US during the Vietnam War
6. Organizing an economy so that the things used are owned by the individual or company and not the government.
8. A society in which all property is publicly owned and and everything is shared.
10. A type of warfare by a small group of people that are not a part of the regular army
11. The communist president of Vietnam from 1945 to 1969
13. Communist led guerilla force and revolutionary army in South Vietnam
14. North Vietnamese & communist vietcong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam

1. Controlling the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed.
2. The act of hiding, waiting for others to appear, and then suddenly attacking surprise attack
4. A lottery system to choose able bodied men to fight in the Vietnam War. If called they were required to fight
7. A war crime committed by US army personnel involving a mass murder of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam during the war
9. Usually violent effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country
12. A network of connecting tunnels that the Vietcong used to surprise attack the Americans during the war