They asked the government to quickly withdraw all troops home, end this unjust war. ... These acts were the students' reaction to President Nixon's invasion of Cambodia, aiming at cut off supply routes from North to South Vietnam. ... The confrontation between students and the force had lasted for 36 hours. ... Along with the protest of the Vietnam War all over the world, the anti-war movement in America has contributed to put an end to the intervention of the US Army in South Vietnam. ... In early 1973, Nixon signed the Treaty of Paris to get out of "the Vietnam marsh", to...

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The Vietnam War was between the of 1957-1975. ... The war began in 1957 and ended in 1975. North Vietnam were communists, South Vietnam were non-communists. ... But US troops did not return to Vietnam. The war ended on April 30, 1975 when South Vietnam surrendered(Marc). ...

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The US policy since the beginning of the Cold War had been containment of Communist aggression and advances. ... At the end of 1968, the number of American troops in South Vietnam reached it's peak of 542,000 men. ... On January 27th, 1973, South Vietnam Communist forces ( Viet Cong ), North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the United States agreed on many things during the Paris peace talks. ... After the peace talks, fighting continued between the North and South Vietnamese. ... The struggle widened into a war between South Vietnam and North Vietnam and ultimately into a limited international...

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Prior to the Vietnam War, the use of the helicopter had been limited to transporting the wounded from the battlefield. ... In late October of 1965 the troops of 1st brigade were sent into battle after a large North Vietnamese force attacked the Plei Me Special Forces camp. ... The war traced its origins to before the Cold War and even before World War II. ... The Vietnam War was not a very popular war with the American people and due to the prolonged United States involvement the number of people against it grew. ... The Vietnam War was the first war in the history of the United States to be ...

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Covert dialogue between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam dragged on with little progress. ... Nixon hoped that improved relations with the Chinese and the Soviets would spur a quick exit from Vietnam the summits did little to push the war towards its end. ... In January 1973, the United States and North Vietnam negotiated a peace. ... North Vietnam also wanted the president of South Vietnam Thieu dumped. ... Nixon also told the American public, "Now that we have achieved an honorable agreement, let us be proud that America did not settle for a peace that would have betrayed our allies, th...

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In 1965, Johnson sent the first US combat troops into Vietnam and they left in 1973, accomplishing nothing. ... One of the most prominent approaches was Operation Rolling Thunder which ended in a strategic US failure. Rolling Thunder was the name for the aerial bombardment against North Vietnam, the US dropped more bombs in Vietnam than they did in WWII. ... The majority of Congress supported US involvement in Vietnam at the start. ... Public Opinion was also another factor in the US not winning in Vietnam. ...

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During the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, tension was created because the USSR supported Arab countries while the US supported Israel. ... Johnson encountered one of his biggest obstacles in 1959 when the Vietnam War had begun as a result of Communist-led nationalists rising to opposition to the government in South Vietnam (Encarta 2001, "Johnson, Lyndon Baines".) ... That was the only event that occurred before Johnson was fully in support of the Vietnam War and increased military involvement. After months upon months of brutal war, Johnson resolved that he would put and end to the crisis and pursu...

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