The+End+of+Vietnam


 * Nixon wanted the US out of the war-named it Vietnamization
 * troops withdrawn
 * training and equipment given to south vietnamese
 * by 1972 24,200 troops remain
 * bombing raids increase as the troops decrease
 * hurt supply lines of NV
 * bombing expanded to other countries
 * Nixon wanted the enemy to believe that he would do anything to win
 * he goes onto tv and says that the US ground forces will invade Cambodia in spring 1970
 * Nixon loses support from the public and Congress Gulf of Tonkin Resolution repealed
 * The Pentagon Papers
 * Peace Talks - 1972
 * Henry Kissinger discusses peace with Le Duc Tho
 * they say "Peace is at hand"
 * On Jan. 1973 an agreement was made to end the war and restoring peace in Vietnam
 * in this, NV decides that they will send all the captured soldiers back home
 * 1975 NV military attacks
 * Saigon falls Vietnam is reunited under communism
 * Legacy
 * in southeast asia
 * 1.5 million Vietnamese deaths
 * countless Vietnamese civilians wounded, homeless
 * agrarian society in shambles
 * southeast asia left highly unstable
 * Cambodia becomes a communist nation and a dictator rises
 * 58000 americans killed
 * 365000 wounded
 * $150 billion in direct costs
 * government abolishes the draft
 * war powers act - curb the power of the president
 * altered american foreign policy
 * overall cynicism in americans
 * disillusionment
 * veterans extended a cold hand
 * some veterans suffered from stress
 * many citizens embittered toward government
 * entire generation is effected