History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lê Đức Thọ, Creighton Abrams, Henry Kissinger
22 Oct 2018
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This meant: neither side, would be able to achieve what they wanted souly on the battlefield. Up to this point both sides said theyd be willing to negotiate however nether sides meant it. Neither would be capabke of delivering a deafeat. Both sides would have to consider negotiation to end the war: the big dick: endeed nicksons presidency. 3. change of strategy, the nlf had been doing bulk of fighting, they were weakened so fightening would be turned to north vietnamese, abandon gorilla tactics and take on a more convention approach. 4. end in increase of troops from america i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)g a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) troop would(cid:374)"t (cid:271)ri(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out a favourable response, time to withdrawl american troops. Henry kissinger + richard nixon: wanted to remake world, informed policy, the cold war nvironment had changed from what it was at the end of ww2, americans relative power on the world had weakened, german.
