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Vietnam War Vocabulary

Across
Communist guerrillas operating in South Vietnam
The US president at the very beginning of the Cold War
Ho Chi Minh's original anti-colonial organization
The act of burning oneself alive, usually as part of a ritual protest
The Soviet premier at the beginning of the Vietnam War
The commander of American forces in Vietnam from 1964-1968
The 1954 battle that signaled the end of French rule in Indochina
The Texas politician who is most commonly associated with the Vietnam War at its most violent
The capital of North Vietnam
The last commander of French forces in Indochina
This chief executive presided over the very end of the Vietnam War, when Congress chose to not send troops and materiel to help South Vietnam when the communists invaded
The US president who "inherited" the Vietnam situation from Eisenhower
The first president of the Republic of Vietnam
Down
Ho Chi Minh's early second-in-command; one of the best military minds of the 20th century
The professed religion of Ngo Dinh Diem
The Secretary of Defense for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
The US president who first expounded the idea of the "domino theory" of countries falling to communism
The Jan./Feb. 1968 country-wide communist attack on South Vietnam
Eisenhower's vice-president, this man was president when the Paris Peace Accords were signed, ending America's active involvement in Vietnam
The Chinese leader throughout the Vietnam War
The professed religion of the overwhelming majority of Vietnamese
The capital of the Republic of Vietnam (renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the communist victory)
By 1960, this Vietnamese communist politician was the real power within the North Vietnamese government