Monday-Notes
Nikita Khrushev took over for Stalin
Mikhan Gorbachev Comes to Power in USSR-1985
Perestroika-Restructuring of the Soviet economy and political system
Glasnost- More openness of the Soivet government and for it's people
Joe McCarthy
McCarthism-The pratice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper
Berlin Wall Comes Down Nov. 9 1989
Korea
Korea was invaded amd ruled by Japan from 1910 until 1945
After WWII, Korea was spilt two-north (USSR) and South US at the 38th parallel
The Korean War was the first armed conforntation of the Cold war, and it set a model for many later conditions
It created the idea of a limited war, where the two superpowers would/could fight without using nuclear weapons
It also expanded the Cold War, which to that point had mostly been concerned with Europe
The total number of deaths, including all civilians and military soldiers from UN Nations and China was about 2,000,000
Tuesday-Notes
Geneva Conference
Vietnam was spilt into a Northern and a Southern zone of vietnam at the 17 parallel
The north would be ruled by Ho Chi Minh
The Geneva Conference (1954) set uo elections that would unify the country by July,1956
Who Fought?
United States and South Vietnam vs Northern Vietnam and VietCong
Escalation 1957-1975
Started with the development of military advisors to the South Vietnamese army
Then started using special forces(Green Berets) for commando-style operations
Then regular troops were sent for defensive purposes only
Finally, in 1964 regular troops were used for offensive combat
Anti-War
1. Tet Offensive
2. Pentagon Papers
3. Injuring/killing innocent people(my Lai Massacre)
4. Supporting a bad government in South
5. The power of the press
Nixon and Vietnam
Nixon called for the vietnamization of the war
Peace with Honor
Gradually pull US troops out and train the ARVN to take our place in fighting the North.
In March, 1975 the North invaded the South
Vietnam is still communist today.
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