Vietnam-End


 * **NIXON AND VIETNAM**


 * Nixon's Vietnam policy - Vietnamization- the policy for winding down the war**
 * troops were withdrawn, training and equipment was given to South Vietnamese, by 1972, only 24,200 troops remained
 * The Viet Cong continued to be supplied through the Ho Chi Minh Trail[[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_QZbOgHdFJE9NkY9EQ5qeOruqVgWfCehG3VUatbxWsOnzOk_R8DBAP43m85sDh9tNGHja7Dv5XIBfOjUwuisbHwVJW4sG9c3T85vKUvuaFdABudfdJQ width="193" height="252"]]
 * However, bombing raids increased, hurting the supply lines of North Vietnam - the bombing expanded to other countries - Laos and Cambodia
 * U.S. ground forces invaded Cambodia in spring 1970 – this led to more opposition
 * May 4, 1970 - National Guard shoots upon students, and 4 die. Nixon loses support, and Gulf of Tonkin is repealed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization http://vietnam.vassar.edu/overview/doc15.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign


 * Peace talks -1972 - between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho**

In July, word leaked that Henry Kissinger had been meeting privately in Paris with the North Vietnamese Foreign Secretary
 * in October, only days before the election, Kissinger announced that "Peace is at hand"
 * several weeks later, after the election, talks broke down again
 * January 27, 1973 - agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam
 * U.S. troops leave Vietnam, POW's released, cease-fire between the North and South[[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yKmT4HFL_JwgW5hBngV21gEgT1Y7Q3Lm1RrnsJn56pb774GcDB6KGTbhen5_rp28qcUb2o5DAfPbF4qbq1jX1__AG3X8Ba-vs5mVhssFUF3IenbBG1E width="178" height="212"]]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1972 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_POW/MIA_issue || ||

-North Vietnames troops march into the capital of South Vietnam- Saigon -After a few battles, North Vietnamese take over US embassy -Vietnam is reunited under communism -North Vietnam ultimately wins war
 * [[image:turningpoints/usnp003.jpg caption="usnp003.jpg"]] || = THE FALL OF SAIGON =

http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/fall_of_saigon.jpg?w=700&h=459 http://fallofsaigon.org/ ||


 * The Legacy of Vietnam**


 * In Southeast Asia:**
 * 1.5 million Vietnamese deaths
 * countless Vietnamese civilians wounded, homeless
 * agrarian society in shambles
 * Southeast Asia left highly unstable
 * Cambodia fell to communism after terror


 * In America: America Copes**
 * 58,000 Americans killed
 * 365,000 wounded
 * $150 billion in direct costs
 * U.S. attempts to come to grips with a "loss" - blow to self-esteem


 * Several major U.S. changes as a result of the conflict**
 * government abolished the draft, which had stirred up so much of the antiwar sentiment
 * War Powers Act - curb the power of the President for making war - US forces are sent into a hostile area without a declaration of war - the troops may only stay there 90 days unless Congress approves of the action and/or declares war
 * altered American foreign policy - risks are considered, because no one wants another Vietnam
 * overall cynicism in Americans about their government and their political leaders -

The **Disillusionment** of those who served
 * veterans **extended a cold hand**
 * **some veterans suffered from** stress
 * many citizens embittered toward government
 * entire generation of Americans was affected


 * [[image:http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/113970000/113976356.JPG caption="external image 113976356.JPG"]] || **WHAT IS THE LEGACY OF VIETNAM? WHAT DO YOU THINK?**

http://lightbox.time.com/2012/04/30/legacy-in-leaves-the-vietnam-war-remembered/#1 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/us-usa-obama-memorial-idUSBRE84R0J420120529 http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/01/30/obama-s-vietnam.html http://atlanticsentinel.com/2011/06/the-distorted-legacy-of-vietnam/ http://www.squidoo.com/vietnam-war-pictures http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/5563/the-true-legacy-of-the-vietnam-war/ http://www.cfr.org/vietnam/legacy-vietnam-war/p18507

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