Vietnam-The+End+of+the+War


 * **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 * troops were withdrawn, training and equipment was given to South Vietnamese, by 1972, only 24,200 troops remained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 Shootings]


 * 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:turningpoints/nixonvietnam.jpg align="center" caption="nixonvietnam.jpg"]] ||

Two years after the withdrawal of American troops, North Vietnam invades South Vietnam, and takes Saigon. North Vietnam unites the two countries under communism, and that is the way they are today. ||
 * [[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
 * 365,000wounded
 * $150billion 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- 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?**
 * anniversaries of end of war--10.15,25
 * what happened in vietnam
 * what happened at home
 * protests
 * [|POWs]
 * US didn't win
 * [|the soldier's lost lives] ||