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- See also changes related to Vietnam War, or pages that link to Vietnam War or to this page or whose text contains "Vietnam War".
Parent topics
- Cold War [r]: Geostrategic, economic and ideological struggle from about 1947 to 1991 between the Soviet Union and the United States and their allies. [e]
- United States of America [r]: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. [e]
- North Vietnam [r]: Communist state in Vietnam; formally the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Proclaimed 1945, recognized 1954, and with South Vietnam transformed into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976. [e]
- South Vietnam [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
People
- Richard Nixon [r]: American politician (1913–1994); President of the United States 1969–1974. Known for ending the Vietnam War and for the Watergate scandal. [e]
- Lyndon B. Johnson [r]: American politician (1908-1973); president 1963–1969; known for his civil rights bills and "The Great Society". [e]
- William Westmoreland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nguyen Van Thieu [r]: Vietnamese officer and politician (1923–2001); president of South Vietnam 1967–1975. [e]
- Ho Chi Minh [r]: Vietnamese communist and nationalist leader and revolutionary (1890–1969); president of North Vietnam 1946–1969. [e]
Code words
- BARREL ROLL: Covert bombing campaign against the Ho Chi Minh Trail
- Operation Bolo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- DESOTO: Patrols, off the coast of North Vietnam, with one or more destroyers with a signal intelligence intercept van temporarily mounted on deck
- MARKET TIME: naval patrol operations against supplies and personnel being landed along the cost
- ROLLING THUNDER: incremental bombing campaign against the North
- ROLLING THUNDER II: intense bombing campaign, in 1972, intended to force the North back to the conference table