The End

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The End The Legacy
VIETNAM
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Nixons Policy
Vietnamization

• withdraw troops slowly, and pass fighting to
  South Vietnamese Army (ARVN)
• 1969-1973 went from 500,000 troops to less than
  25,000.
• Secretly increased bombing in North, Laos,
  Cambodia
• 1970 invades Cambodia

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Americans deceived

• Pentagon Papers
• Daniel Ellsberg, a former researcher for the
  government, photo-copied classified documents
  called the Pentagon Papers
• Papers documented American involvement in
  Vietnam
• Papers showed that the government had lied to
  the American public Congress about what was
  going on in Vietnam to try and gain support
• Publication led to Nixons paranoia and illegal
  acts

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• Election of 1972
• Nixon was fearful that protest movement
  Pentagon Papers discredited him that he would
  not be re-elected
• Set out to destroy these groups
• Orders a series of dirty tricks (wiretaps, CIA
  surveillance, domestic spying, lying to the
  public, break-ins, illegal campaign
  contributions, and money laundering )
• Led to Watergate term used to describe all
  of Nixons dirty tricks and the resulting
  impeachment and resignation of Nixon
• Solidified Americans distrust of the government

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1973 Peace Treaty Continuing war

• U.S. troops exit war
• N. S. Vietnam remain divided
• Fighting continued between N. S.
• Without U.S. aide, South quickly fell to N.
  Vietnamese forces in 1975
• North takes Saigon and ends war
• U.S. refuses to recognize the united communist
  Vietnam

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Effects on U.S. Soldiers

• 2.7 million men women served
• many experienced feelings of guilt, disrespect,
  responsibility
• distrustful of government
• some experienced problems with drugs, alcohol,
  joblessness, broken homes, and PTSD (post
  traumatic stress disorder)

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Effects on American society

• 58,000 American deaths
• Between 150 200 billion spent
• Polarized American people
• Led to political distrust (suspicion of
  government)
• Americans doubtful of foreign affairs (leads to
  War Powers Act)
• Tarnished reputation of U.S.
• led to the War Powers Act (limits the ability
  for President to send troops without
  Congressional approval)

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U.S. Vietnam Today

• stopped blocking of international loans
• lifted trade embargo
• opening of embassies
• established full diplomatic relations

Clinton normalized relations with Vietnam
Vietnam is currently a united country with the
communist party remaining dominant in politics
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We Will Never Forget
Vietnam Veteran Memorial Washington D.C.
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