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    The document summarizes the major events and developments of the Vietnam War between 1954-1973, including the escalation of U.S. involvement under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson through increasing troop deployments and use of tactics like napalm and Agent Orange, the Tet Offensive turning public opinion against the war, Nixon's Vietnamization policy shifting fighting to South Vietnamese forces, and the anti-war movement's protests leading to the U.S. withdrawal and fall of Saigon in 1975.

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    The document summarizes the major events and developments of the Vietnam War between 1954-1973, including the escalation of U.S. involvement under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson through increasing troop deployments and use of tactics like napalm and Agent Orange, the Tet Offensive turning public opinion against the war, Nixon's Vietnamization policy shifting fighting to South Vietnamese forces, and the anti-war movement's protests leading to the U.S. withdrawal and fall of Saigon in 1975.

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    The document summarizes the major events and developments of the Vietnam War between 1954-1973, including the escalation of U.S. involvement under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson through increasing troop deployments and use of tactics like napalm and Agent Orange, the Tet Offensive turning public opinion against the war, Nixon's Vietnamization policy shifting fighting to South Vietnamese forces, and the anti-war movement's protests leading to the U.S. withdrawal and fall of Saigon in 1975.

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    Bettzy GuerreroMartinez - Vietnam War Notes

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    Bettzy Martinez
    The document summarizes the major events and developments of the Vietnam War between 1954-1973, including the escalation of U.S. involvement under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson through increasing troop deployments and use of tactics like napalm and Agent Orange, the Tet Offensive turning public opinion against the war, Nixon's Vietnamization policy shifting fighting to South Vietnamese forces, and the anti-war movement's protests leading to the U.S. withdrawal and fall of Saigon in 1975.

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    The Vietnam War (1954-1973)

    Geneva North South


    Background Vietcong
    Conference Vietnam Vietnam

    The War Under Eisenhower and Kennedy (1954-1963)


    Domino Theory Kennedy

    The War Under Johnson (1963-1969)


    The Gulf
    of Tonkin
    Incident

    The Gulf
    of Tonkin
    Resolution

    Johnson Escalates the War American Troops

    Napalm

    Agent Orange

    The Tet Offensive

    Roy Benavides
    Increasing Difficulties in Vietnam
    Popularity of Nationalist Cause Guerrilla Warfare

    American Public Opinion

    Media Coverage Credibility Gap American “Doves” American “Hawks”

    The War Under Nixon (1969-1973)


    Election of 1968 Richard Nixon (R) Draft Lottery (Dec. 1969) 26th Amendment

    Vietnamization Invasion of Cambodia Diplomatic Overtures

    Protest Marches
    End of the War
    The Anti-War Movement

    Henry Kissinger
    The Draft

    Fall of Saigon
    Kent State (1970)

    Legacy of the War


    Silent Majority
    Death and Destruction

    Pentagon Papers
    War Powers Act (1973)

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