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101.Containment-stated by George Kennan that
that communism needed to be contained
and isolated, or it would spread to
neighboring countries
102.Détente- Relaxation of tensions between
the US and the Soviet Union
103.Fidel Castro- Person who led a revolution
that set up the communist state of Cuba
104.Joseph McCarthy- Wisconsin senator who
accused many of being communist party
members in the US, but was never proven.
105. Iron Curtain- Churchill’s term to describe
the Soviet Union’s isolation during the Cold
War since they isolated Eastern Europe from
the rest of the world.
106. Ngo Dinh Diem- Leader of South Vietnam,
1954-1963. Supported by US but not
Vietnamese Buddhist majority. Assassinated in
1963
107. My Lai Massacre- American troops
massacred innocent women/children in 1968 in
the village of My Lai. Led to more opposition
to war.
108. Ho Chi Minh- Communist leader of North
Vietnam, who used guerrilla warfare that drew
out the war making it unwinnable.
109. Guerrilla Warfare- warfare where a small
group of soldiers use military tactics including
ambushes, sabotage, hit-and-run tactics, and
mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile
traditional military.
110. Vietcong- Guerrilla soldiers of the
Communist faction in Vietnam, also known as
the National Liberation Front