"Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself." Richard M. Nixon
- 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 honorably
- Developed Vietnamization with help of Henry Kissinger and Henry Cabot-Lodge
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 honorably
- Developed Vietnamization with help of Henry Kissinger and Henry Cabot-Lodge
- Vietnamization Continue, Plan of attack:
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
- American’s began to make their first withdrawals in Aug. 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
- Jan. 1973 a cease fire is signed (Americans got their POWs back after 20 years of fighting)
- Aug. 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
- Jan. 1973 a cease fire is signed (Americans got their POWs back after 20 years of fighting)
- Aug. 1973 all U.S. forces out of Vietnam
- Spring 1975 all of south Vietnam falls to the north and becomes Communist
- Costs 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 worldwide
- Conscription was ended in U.S.
Summary:
"Vietnamization" was an idea brought by Nixon after he was elected. The main point was lo leave Vietnam; however, before that we wanted to male sure their limitary was feel trained, the government was throng enough to withhold an innovation. The withdrawals increase the air bombing. Consequently, despite the Americans wish for south Vietnam to stay communist free it fell to communism in the fall. This war was a very expensive one and many men lost their lives;although, this war brought the horrors of war into people T.V's and homes.
- 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 worldwide
- Conscription was ended in U.S.
Summary:
"Vietnamization" was an idea brought by Nixon after he was elected. The main point was lo leave Vietnam; however, before that we wanted to male sure their limitary was feel trained, the government was throng enough to withhold an innovation. The withdrawals increase the air bombing. Consequently, despite the Americans wish for south Vietnam to stay communist free it fell to communism in the fall. This war was a very expensive one and many men lost their lives;although, this war brought the horrors of war into people T.V's and homes.