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 * **NIXON AND VIETNAM**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization
 * Nixon's Vietnam policy - Vietnamization**

http://vietnam.vassar.edu/overview/doc14.html


 * - 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 * troops were withdrawn, training and equipment was given to South Vietnamese, by 1972, only 24,200 troops remained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
 * However, bombing raids increased, hurting the supply lines of North Vietnam - the bombing expanded to other countries - Cambodia and Laos
 * U.S. ground forces invaded Cambodia in spring 1970 – this led to more opposition
 * May 4, 1970 - Kent State. National Guard Killed 4 people.

add some links here .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Campaign

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


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

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://printeresting.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/1972_electoral_map.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.printeresting.org/2008/11/04/the-effect-of-printmaking-on-presidential-elections-past/&h=635&w=1182&sz=449&tbnid=xj59JKs4EXQAVM:&tbnh=68&tbnw=126&prev=/search%3Fq%3D1972%2Belection%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=1972+election&usg=__kCfwOUx37fwTdofYVFaJxP4YsuU=&docid=7NDPJFMUBsx3LM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uEzGT8iEK7OK6QGC6vynBg&ved=0CHIQ9QEwBA&dur=381

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

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POW's will return. There were huge tortures in the "Hanoi Hilton." John McCain survived 7 years into the war. The Vietnam War memorial-- A hero's welcome.
 * [[image:turningpoints/usnp003.jpg caption="usnp003.jpg"]] || = THE FALL OF SAIGON =

Vietnam falls to the Communist control. NOOOOOOO! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon

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

Soldiers Won the Battles-- But the Communists win the War! Back in the, Back in the USSR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ||


 * The Legacy of Vietnam**


 * In Southeast Asia:**
 * 1.5 million Vietnameese 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.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution > - risks are considered, because no one wants another Vietnam
 * 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 War Powers Resolution
 * overall cynicism in Americans about their government and their political leaders -

The **Disillusionment** of those who served
 * Veterans were **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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry

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

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

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

Anti-American sentiment is sky-high.

--Media changed the war. Protests/Kent State.

POWs welcome vs Veterans.

US of A lost. 58,000 names.

One of our own students died.

Very little was taught about the war in Vietnam. ||