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________ "to use all necessary measures to protect US interests in Vietnam.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
________ 1964 provides justification for the escalation.
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Pre WWII
French Occupation
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Post-WWII
French attempt to regain control
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1954
French Defeat @ Dien Bien Phu
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Tet Offensive
Military victory, political defeat
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Role of detente
political pressure
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South Vietnam
Capitalist

Catholic

Very unpopular
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North Vietnam
Communist

Lead by Ho Chi Minh

Dictatorship
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Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam forces “attack” US ship and US goes to war because of this

Vietnam never shot at the US ship
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Domino Theory
We must stop Vietnam form becoming Communist or else the rest of Asia will become communist
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Rolling Thunder
Tactic by the US to bomb Vietnam most as possible

Bombed Vietnam more than bombing than WWII
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Vietnamization
Plan by Nixon to slowly take out troops from Vietnam and leave the fighting to the Vietnamese
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War Crimes
The US committed many War Crimes in Asia and against Cambodia as they bombed them while not at war with them.
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Geneva Convention
France gives up Indochina

Vietnam split at 17th parallel
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Tactics in Vietnam
Bombing

Fire

Napalm
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At home
This was the first war ever to be broadcasted to the American public

People saw the terror in Vietnam
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W or L
The US loses this war with 60K troops killed
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The Draft
The higher the social class the less likely you are to be drafted to go to war

Makes people very angry

Discriminates against the poor
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What time period was the Vietnam War?
November 1, 1955

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April 30, 1975

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