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how did the anti war protest movement turn people against the vietnam war
protests, ex soldiers, celebrities
why did south vietnam fall
stock crash, case-church amendment, duong van minh announcing surrender of south vietnam
why did usa loose the war
media, cost of war, failure of us military, strength of VC
how effective were usa tactics
bombing, chemical weapons, ground troops
how effective were north vietnam troops (vietcong)
guerilla tactics, well trained soldiers, limiting air support
how did us government try to deesculate the vietnam war
vietnamisation, bombing campaign, paris peace talks
why did use get involved in vietnam
containment,domino theory
eisenhower and jfk
why did french loose in vietnam
battle of dien bien phu, people power
how did us involvement esculate
financial involvement, political involvement, gulf on tonkin, non combative military advisors
when was gulf of tonkin
1964
when was tet
1968
when was mai lai
1968
when was svfall
1975
what was vietnamisation
reducing us involvement w out looking weak to the communists
what nixon do
wanted to stop war fast so started pulling out troops
