History 2
Has the right to keep the satellites from Communists
Brezhnev Doctirine
the capital of Hungary in November
Budapest
where the communist government was set up
Cambodia
Purging the country of Stalin;s memory
Destaliniazation
A policy of lessening Cold War tensions
Detente
The threat terms, described by President Eisenhower
Domino Effect
Increase, its involvement
Escalate
A young Lawyer, led the revolution
Fidel Castro
US soldiers were fighting a guerilla war in unfamiliar jungle terrain
First Major Problems
the industrialized capitalist, including the US and its allies
First World
unpopular dictator, ruled Cuba
Fulgencio
Where the destroyers were attacked
Gulf Of Tonkin
the capital of the North
Hanoi
Told Congress that N. Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked two US Destoroyers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Prime Minister, forced the Shah to flee
Muhammad Mossadeq
The leader of US and France anti-communist government
NGO Dinh Diem
Soviet Leader
Nikita Khrushchev
to be independent
Nonaligned Nations
a German word meaning Realistik politic
Realpolitik
began with drawing troops from Vietnam in 1969
Richard Nixon
He moved away from detente, increased defense spending and put both economic military pressure on the Soviets
Ronald Reagan
The S. Vietnamese government was becoming more and more unpopular
Second Major Problems
was the communist nations lead by the Soviet Union
Second World
Iran's leader, embraced Western gorvernments and wealthy western Oil Companies
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
the capital of Tehran
Tehran
The leader of the opposition, had been living in exile
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
Muslim leaders opposed western influences
Ayatollahs
Czech Communist leader, loosened controls on Censorship, became known as Prague Spring
Alexander Dubcek
Young Vietnamese Nationalist
Ho Chi Mich
capital of Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
A popular and liberal Communist leader formed a new government
Imre Nagy
under the leadership of Pol Pot
Kampuchea
Communist rebal, set up a brutal Communist Goverment
Khmer Rouge
Founded by Ho and others
League Vietminh
who quickly adopted repressive domestic policies
Leonid Brezhnev
consisted of developing nations, often newly independent who were not aligned with either superpower
Third World
Began to gain strength in the South and gradually won control of large areas of the countryside
Vietcong
called for US troops to gradually pull out
Vietnamization
