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| Arms Race | a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons |
| Agent Orange | a defoliant chemical used by the US in the Vietnam War |
| AK47 | type of assault rifle originally manufactured in the Soviet Union |
| ARVN | The Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
| AATTV | Australian Army Training Team Vietnam |
| CIA | The CIA is the government organization in the United States that collects secret information about other countries. CIA is an abbreviation for 'Central Intelligence Agency' |
| Cold War | a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare between the USA and USSR |
| Conscientous Objector | a person who for reasons of conscience objects to complying with a particular requirement, especially serving in the armed forces. |
| Conscription | compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. |
| Containment | the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits. |
| Defoliation | remove leaves from (a tree, plant, or area of land), for agricultural purposes or as a military tactic. |
| Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) | “DMZ," which means demilitarized zone, is a military term that refers to a combat-free area between two enemies. The DMZ in Vietnam lay near the 17th parallel and was created by an agreement known as the Geneva Accords. |
| Domino Theory | the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighbouring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. |
| Draft | Sometimes known as conscription, s the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service. |
| DRV | Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
| Espionage | the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information. |
| Foreign Policy | a government's strategy in dealing with other nations. |
| Forward Defence | Australia's ability to project presence forward into south-east Asia to fight the perceived threat before it reached Australian shores. |
| Guerrilla Warfare | a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military. |
| GVN | Government of the Republic of Vietnam (GVN or South Vietnam) |
| Indochina | a peninsula in SE Asia, between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, W Malaysia, and Burma (Myanmar). |
| Long Tan | A battle on 18 August 1966 that took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tân, in Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. |
| Moratorium | a temporary prohibition of an activity. |
| Nui Dat | a former 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) base |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. |
| Tet Offensive | coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam |
| Vietnamization | The US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam. |
