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maxush-Nixon's War

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Had been a supporter of LBJ, broke with administration over the war, believed money being spent on war was taking away from programs in America MLK
Belief the US could outlast the Vietcong, more resources and manpower, body count used as a measure of success war of attrition
Strategy embraced by the US, put fewer American lives in harms way at the same time creating massive destruction of enemy territory air war
Raids carried out on Vietcong strongholds, US forces take territory and return to base, Vietcong would return search and destroy
Special assistant for National Security Affairs, chief negotiator for the US in the peace talks in Paris with North Vietnam Henry Kissinger
Policy that attempted to improve relations with USSR and China, hope this would influence talks with North Vietnam linkage
Negotiator representing North Vietnam in talks at Paris Le Duc Tho
Withdrawal of US forces and replacing them with South Vietnamese forces vietnamization
South Vietnamese village where US forces under Lt. William Calley massacre 200 unarmed civilians My Lai
April 1970, Nixon orders US forces to destroy Vietcong bases, sets off wave of protests, protestors view as expanding the war Cambodia
May 1970 National Guard troops open fire on students protesting, four killed nine wounded Kent State
Congress repeals after invasion of Cambodia Tonkin Gulf Resolution repealed
Documents leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, showed LBJ administration had not been completely truthful about the war Pentagon Papers
Kissinger and Le Duc Tho announce in Oct. 1972, negotiations break down again weeks later over North Vietnamese presence in South "Peace is at hand"
Nixon wins election promising to get US forces out of Vietnam 1972 Election
President of South Vietnam, refused any plan that would leave North Vietnamese troops in South Nguyen Van Thieu
Bombing campaign to force North Vietnam back to peace talks, eventually both sides agree to stop fighting Christmas bombings
Agreement to end war is signed, US to withdraw all troops, both sides agree to exchange prisoners of war Jan. 27, 1973
North launches full scale invasion of South, Thieu government asks for US assistance, Congress refuses, Saigon falls next month, renamed Ho Chi Minh City March 1975
South Vietnam capital falls to communists April 1975, marks end of Vietnam conflict, unites all of Vietnam under one government Saigon
Majority of Americans, Nixon believed supported the administration, only a minority speaking out against the war Silent Majority
Limits the power of the President, must inform Congress within 48 hours of sending troops, Congress can withdraw in 60 days War Powers Act
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