vietnamization
- Anti-war demonstrations became very popular in the U.S.
-President Nixon was elected in 1968 on a peace platform (Tricky Dicky)
-Nixon wanted to find a way out honourable
- Developed Vietnamization with the help of Henry Kissinger and Henry Cabot-Lodge
- The plan had a two track formula
-1. Make the south well trained enough militarily that they could withstand the north on their own
-2. Strengthen the south's government to attract a broader base
-President Nixon was elected in 1968 on a peace platform (Tricky Dicky)
-Nixon wanted to find a way out honourable
- Developed Vietnamization with the help of Henry Kissinger and Henry Cabot-Lodge
- The plan had a two track formula
-1. Make the south well trained enough militarily that they could withstand the north on their own
-2. Strengthen the south's government to attract a broader base
U.S. withdrawals
- American's began to make their first withdrawals in August 1969
- The air war increased
-B-52s dropped more bombs on North Vietnam than during all of WWII
-1971 almost entirely an air war
-1972 200,000 troops
-January 1973 a cease fire is signed (Americans got their POWs back after 20 years of fighting)
-August 1973 all U.S. forces out of Vietnam
-Spring 1975 all of south Vietnam falls to the North and becomes Communist
- The air war increased
-B-52s dropped more bombs on North Vietnam than during all of WWII
-1971 almost entirely an air war
-1972 200,000 troops
-January 1973 a cease fire is signed (Americans got their POWs back after 20 years of fighting)
-August 1973 all U.S. forces out of Vietnam
-Spring 1975 all of south Vietnam falls to the North and becomes Communist
effects of the vietnam war
-Cost the U.S. 150 billion dollars
-57,939 men killed
-Loss of a country to Communism
-Limitations brought in on the President's powers to wage war (Vietnam never declared a war)
-Made the U.S. look bad
-Conscription was ended in U.S.
-57,939 men killed
-Loss of a country to Communism
-Limitations brought in on the President's powers to wage war (Vietnam never declared a war)
-Made the U.S. look bad
-Conscription was ended in U.S.
laos
- The Pathet Lao (Communist) worked with Viet Cong
-Power struggle between two princes in Laos (one supported by communist countries and other by the USA)
-Remains communist until 1991 when a western-style constitution is brought in
-Power struggle between two princes in Laos (one supported by communist countries and other by the USA)
-Remains communist until 1991 when a western-style constitution is brought in
cambodia
- The Cambodians were led by the Communist Khmer Rouge
-Led by an absolute dictator (Pol Pot)
-Massacred about 1 million people in 4 years and removed in 1979 by the Vietnamese (renamed Kampuchea for 10 years)
-U.N. moved in to help maintain order
-Becomes democratic in 1990s
-Led by an absolute dictator (Pol Pot)
-Massacred about 1 million people in 4 years and removed in 1979 by the Vietnamese (renamed Kampuchea for 10 years)
-U.N. moved in to help maintain order
-Becomes democratic in 1990s