the+end+of+vietnam

-Nixon promised peace in Vietnam. He "Vietnamizes" the war. He trains and sends equipment to South Vietnam. Withdraws troops. Bombs!

-War expands to Cambodia, and protests rise -National Guard sent to stop protest at Kent State. 4 students are killed. -Nixon loses support from public and Congress. -Pentagon Papers released but Nixon still rallies support

-Talks for peace are at hand, and Nixon wins election. Nixon cuts off peace talks and BOMBS North Vietnam. But bombers are lost and agreements to end fighting start to take place. -Peace was agreed, but POWs were asked to come back.

-But in 1975, North Vietnam Military attacks, Saigon falls. Vietnam is reunited under communism. Americans and South Vietnamese airlifted. -Vietnam united under communism.

-Vietnamese deaths are near 1.5 million. Countless Vietnamese civilians wounded and homeless. and communism spreads to Cambodia. Cambodia was ruthless genocidal wasteland.

- US is trying to cope with a "loss" and deaths.

-Draft is gone, -War Powers weakened. curbed the Presidents power of Commander in Chief, -veterans extended a cold hand, veterans suffered stress, -citizens embittered toward government.

-Vietnam Memorial is a step forward and some scars are healed, but today, Vietnam is still a controversial war.