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Richard Nixon Elected, promises "peace with honor" in Vietnam. Vietnamization- Nixon's policy for winding down the war Bombing raids increased, however. People also call it Nixionization U.S. ground forces invaded Cambodia in spring 1970. This leads to more domestic upheaval and student unrest may 4, 1970 Kent State University. Nixon loses support from the public and Congress Gulf of Tonkin resolution repealed. The Pentagon Papers But in 1975 Nort Vietnam Military attacks, Saigon falls Vietnam is reunited under communism The Legacy of the War Southeast Asia America Copes Major changes as a result of the conflict Disillusionment
 * Toops Withdran
 * Training and equipment given to south vietnamese
 * By 1972, only 24,200 troops in Vietnam
 * Hurt supply lines of North Vietnam
 * Bombing expanded to other countries- Laos and Cambodia
 * Peace Talks- 1972
 * Henry Kissinger, Le duc Tho
 * "Peace is at Hand"
 * January 27, 1973 Agreement reached on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam. The agreement from this was that all POW MIA will return.
 * 1.5 million Vietnamese deaths
 * Countless Vietnamese civilians wounded, homeless
 * Agrarian society in shambles
 * Southeast Asia left highly unstable
 * Cambodia fell to communism terror
 * 58,000 Americans killed
 * 365,000 wounded
 * $150 billion in direct costs
 * U.S. attenots to come to grips with a "loss"- blow to self-esteem
 * Government abolishes the draft
 * Veterans extended a cold hand
 * Some veterans suffered from stress
 * Many citizens embittered toward government
 * Entire generation of Americans was affected