Vietnamization
Notes
- Anti-War Demonstrations became very popular in the US
- President Nixon was elected in 1968, on a peace platform (Tricky Dicky)
- Nixon wanted to find a way out honourably
- Developed Vietnamization with help of Henry Kissinger and Henry Cabot-Lodge
- The plan had a two track formula
- 1) Make the south well trained enough to militarily withstand the north on their own
- 2) Strengthen the south's government to attract a broader base.
Summary
Vietnamization was a theory of getting rid of the Vietnam war. towards the end of the War, the amount of Anti-War demonstrations in the United states greatly increased. President Nixon also was elected based on a peace platform. He developed Vietnamization to try and end the War. It intended to train the south Vietnamese army to defend themselves, as well as to strengthen the Government in the south to keep it Democratic.
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What would have happened if the war in Vietnam had not been stopped when it was?
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"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now."
- Richard M. Nixon
- Richard M. Nixon