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Vietnam
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• The US didn’t want South Vietnam to fall to the Communists
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• If South Vietnam fell to communism, would cause a “domino theory”
• Other countries in southeast Asia would fall to communism
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• First American troops in were advisors to teach the South Vietnamese to fight their own war
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• North Vietnamese attacked two American destroyers in international waters
• Johnson asked for authority to take action• Not a declaration of war
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• Hawks – Americans who favored presence in Vietnam
• Doves – Americans who wanted to pull out of Vietnam
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• US feared that if they declared war other countries would join in and cause a world war
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Trouble for the Americans in Vietnam
• Bombing was difficult because:1. Jungles2. No large industrial plants3. Viet Cong was hard to identify
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Viet Cong
• Vietnamese Communists in South Vietnam
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Trouble for the Americans at home
Lack of unity at home
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Tet Offensive
• Americans called a cease fire on Christmas 1967
• Vietnamese used it to their advantage and smuggled in troops and weapons
• Surprise attacks on January 30, 1968, the Chinese New Year (Tet)
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• American losses: 3,845• South vietnamese 4,954• Civilians 14,300• North Vietnamese and Viet Cong 92,000
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Vietnamization
• US would gradually turn over responsibility for the fighting to the South Vietnamese.
• US would still provide supplies and air support
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