HIST 357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tet Offensive
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People often lost their temper; this graph shows the disconnect within arguments they would have. Left: victory is possible and desireable, victory is not possible but it is desireable, u. s intervention is wrong, victory not possible; or desireable; win does not affect us. 15% neutral: 3-5% of villagers were pro-diem, 75% supported nlf, 20% neutral. 1964-1965: of the population supported the revolutionary movement, after tet offensive, strength declined, nlf support grew in the last years of the war. If the war ended in 1965, the life in vietnam after would have been a lot better: the professor is not convinced that that in 1965 wouldnt be able to deflect offers from the north. Rvn divisions: i: 5, ii: 3, iii: 2, iv: 3. Lots of occasions when people in south did not agree with people in north and did not follow. 1968: nixon and withdrawing forces from vietnam, by 1972, last forces had gone home.
