The NLF and Kennedy’s Policies in Vietnam (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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NLF formation date
NLF formation date
December 1960
NLF stands for
NLF stands for
National Liberation Front
Vietcong meaning
Vietcong meaning
Vietnamese communists
Ho Chi Minh Trail purpose
Ho Chi Minh Trail purpose
Supply route for NLF equipment & personnel from North
Kennedy's Vietnam strategy
Kennedy's Vietnam strategy
Flexible response
Counterinsurgency tactics
Counterinsurgency tactics
Defeat guerrillas via intelligence & infiltration methods
Taylor-Roscow recommended troop number
Taylor-Roscow recommended troop number
Up to 10,000 US ground troops
Strategic Hamlet Program start
Strategic Hamlet Program start
March 1962 (Operation Sunrise)
Strategic Hamlet Program goal
Strategic Hamlet Program goal
Isolate rural peasants from Vietcong in armed stockades
Strategic Hamlet Program outcome
Strategic Hamlet Program outcome
Failed; became Vietcong recruiting tool