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JFK+LBJ+Vietnam (Strategies in Vietnam (attrition (destroy all of…
JFK+LBJ+Vietnam
Strategies in Vietnam
Bombings
attrition
destroy all of enemy's resources and people: do so much damage they are forced to stop
Cambodia
invade Cambodia and use their gov't and resources to help in war
Vietnamization
arm and train southern Vietnamese soldiers to work to remove American forces from Vietnam
Pacification
win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people
John F Kennedy
Democratic nominee 1960
wealthy history
attractive, young energetic
first Irish Catholic President
Kennedy Assassination
1963
Lee Harvey Oswald
martyrdom of President
LBJ becomes president 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson
VP to JFK
became president after assassination
coarse
get-things-done
very liberal
support civil rights movements
Vietnam
containment
Truman Doctrine
Vietminh
Ho Cho Minh
Vietcong
17th parallel
northern Vietnam
southern Vietnam
Ngo Din Diem
New Frontier
JFK
many new domestic reforms
only succeeded in reductio of tariffs
Great Society
LBJ liberal reform program
Assault on Poverty
Medicare and Medicaid
community action program
Office of Economic Opportunity
housing act
immigration act
increase in federal spending
Geneva Conference
settle Korean War issues
Divide Vietnam at 17th parallel
communist north
pro-western south
LBJ's legacy
escalation of Vietnam
increase of federal funding
tried, but failed to completely eradicate poverty
JFK's legacy
liberal leader of 20th century
in reality he was less liberal than LBJ tho sooo...
martyred by assassination
end of Vietnam war
Paris Accords
Cease Fire
withdrawal of all troops form Vietnam