Vietnam
- all Vietnam was just trying to outlast us to the end
- Pentagon papers - it was hard evidence that the gov was lying to us
- lots of college protest
- the press was showing all of the hardships in the war
- My lai Massacre in 1968
- Us soldiers killed 504 vietnamese civilian
- the dead civilians included fifty age 3 or younger, 69 between 4 and 7, and 27 in their 70s or 80s
- women were raped and bodies mutilated
How did people get out of serving
- went to Canada or sweden
- went to college
- got married
- Medically unfit for service
- joined the National Gaurd or Peace Corps
- Claimed to be homosexual
- Being rich
Nixon and Vietnam
- Nixon called for the "vietnamization" of the War.
- "Peace with Honor"
- Cradually pull US troops out and train the ARVN to take our place in fighting the North
- Expanded the war into Laos and Cambodia leading to college protests (Kent St.)
- President Nixon announced the suspensoin of offensive action in North Vietnam
- the Paris Peace Accords were later signed on January 27, 1973 which officially ended US involvement in the Vietnam conflict
- fighting stopped
- US would pull out of Vietnam
Peace
- the peace agreement did not last
- in March 1975 the north invaded the shouth
- the Shouth was not strong enough and fell quickly
- Saigon the shouths capital fell on April 30, 1975
- US did not live up to its promise to come to their aid if the North attacked
- North Vietnam United both North and South Vietnam on July 2, 1976 to form the socialist
Discussion
- Why did the US win the Cold War
- We had close ties with our allies and USSR didnt.
- China started siding with US after 1972
- The Soviet economy was in shambles whereas the US's was flourishing
- they had a huge deficit
- high inflation
- corruption
- social problems
- shortage of basic needs (food, housing)
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