The End of the Vietnam War Why does America lose the Vietnam War?
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Chris Taylor: [voiceover] I think now, looking back, we did not f ight the enemy; we fought ourselves. And the enemy was in us.
- PLATOON, 1986
VIETNAM:America at war with itself
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Johnson Steps Down
Totally discredited because of Vietnam and decided not to run in 1968
Nixon won a peace platform but did not pull out of Vietnam
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Vietnamization: 1969
Antiwar movements in the USA were putting increasing pressure on Nixon to get out of Vietnam-he needed an honourable way out (“Peace with Honour”)
A plan was put in place to replace American troops with Soviet Vietnamese over time
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Two Track Formula
Goal: Make South Vietnamese independent so that the Americans can go home
Military Solution Political Solution
Strengthen the South Vietnamese Army
Strengthen the South Vietnamese government
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Kent State ShootingsMay 4 th, 1970
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Withdrawal and Defeat
Nixon Peace Offensive (1970)B-52s bombed North Vietnam, Cambodia and
LaosCeasefire with North Vietnam (1973)All troops out of Vietnam (1973)
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Why did the USA lose?
1) Difficulty fighting guerilla forces2) Unpopular at home
i. Anti-war movementii. Many casualtiesiii. Huge costs financially
3) Could not win the “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people
4) American military was half-hearted and disillusioned
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Fundamental beliefs were questioned in American Society:
1)Power of the President
2)The role of the military
3)Was it worth opposing the spread of communism?
4)Moral Identity: America could no longer claim innocence and moral superiority
Questions, Change
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Fundamental beliefs were questioned in American Society:
1)Power of the President
2)The role of the military
3)Was it worth opposing the spread of communism?
4)Moral Identity: America could no longer claim innocence and moral superiority
Questions, Change