HIEU 242 Lecture 25: HIEU 242 Lecture 25

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22 May 2018

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HIEU 242 Lecture 25

-The Hot Wars: Vietnam Cont.

•Vietnamese ﬁght an asymmetrical war

•Fall of Saigon [Nixon president- 5th president in this war]

-North Vietnamese forces attack Saigon: April 29, 1975

-American Embassy evacuated

-marks the end of the Vietnam War

•consequences

-war destroys conﬁdence in the government

-opens further questions into Civil Rights, the Draft, the role of war in American

society

-creates a profound sense of cynicism and mistrust

-damages American military conﬁdence for a generation

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