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 * **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 * troops were withdrawn, training and equipment was given to South Vietnamese, by 1972, only 24,200 troops remained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 [|The Ho Chi Minh Trail]
 * 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 - [|Kent State University Shooting]

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNvietnamization.htm


 * 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Homecoming || http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Homecoming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Homecoming [|USAF_POWs_repatriated_Gia_Lam_.jpg] ||
 * 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

notes •North VIetnam military attacks, [|Saigon falls], Vietnam is reunited under communism ||
 * [[image:turningpoints/usnp003.jpg caption="usnp003.jpg"]] || = THE FALL OF SAIGON =


 * 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
 * Changes US policy


 * 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 bitter 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?** ||


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