1. The Fog of War: Vietnam

3. Ho Chi Minh – Nationalist and freedom fighter against the French and later Americans who became communist leader North Vietnam, then Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu – Battle in 1954 that ended French occupation of Vietnam

5. Ngo Dinh Diem – Corrupt Catholic leader of South Vietnam, US complicit in coup against him
ARVN- Army of the Republic of Vietnam
NVA – North Vietnamese Army
Viet Cong – aka VC, Victor Charlie, Charlie – forces of South Vietnam or infiltrators loyal to the North or anti- South

6. Kennedy & McNamara
Johnson & Mc