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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 * troops were withdrawn, training and equipment was given to South Vietnamese, by 1972, only 24,200 troops remained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 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 National Guard fired into a crowd and killed 4 people

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 * 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 with honor in Vietnam
 * U.S. troops leave Vietnam, POW's released, cease-fire between the North and South

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

notes North Vietnam Attacks Saigon and Vietnam is reunited under communism in 1975 Because they are reunited communism wins theatrically
 * [[image:turningpoints/usnp003.jpg caption="usnp003.jpg"]] || = THE FALL OF SAIGON =

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http://fallofsaigon.org/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Saigon-hubert-van-es.jpg/300px-Saigon-hubert-van-es.jpg ||


 * 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
 * 365,00 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 -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution

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


 * WHAT IS THE LEGACY OF VIETNAM? WHAT DO YOU THINK?**


 * In the Vietnam War the media changed everything. People started to oppose what was going on and started to question. We should learn about Vietnam so we can look at it today and so that we won't become involved in a dispute like this. So many people dies and we should look back on that.**

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63744

http://www.newsmax.com/deBorchgrave/Vietnam-HauntingLegacy-MarvinKalb-WalterCronkite/2011/07/19/id/404168

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/30668/gaddis-smith/the-vietnam-legacy-the-war-american-society-and-the-future-of-am

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18563_162-677645.html

http://www.theworld.org/2012/03/the-vietnam-anti-war-movement-legacy-for-todays-returning-veterans/

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/videos/2009/07/18/vietnam-orphans-legacy-of-horror.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2008/10/24/what-vietnam-teaches-us.html