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War to Detente

War to Detente. Vietnamization. Nixon wants to leave S. Vietnam but he did not want it to become communist. Americans were training the S. Vietnamese Army Nixon began a slow withdraw of Vietnam. Peace to Escalation.

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War to Detente

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  1. War to Detente

  2. Vietnamization • Nixon wants to leave S. Vietnam but he did not want it to become communist. • Americans were training the S. Vietnamese Army • Nixon began a slow withdraw of Vietnam

  3. Peace to Escalation • Peace talks began in Paris in 1968. The US was led by Henry Kissinger-Sec of State. • Secret War: Us expanded the war into neighboring Laos, and Cambodia. • By 1973 the US pull out of S. Vietnam • By 1975 the Communist take control of Saigon

  4. Final Numbers • 2 million Vietnamese dead • 58,000 Americans dead • 300,000 wounded • Total cost of War 150 BILLION.

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