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The Vietnam War: Insights from the Advisory Phase to Americanization and Vietnamization

This text examines the Vietnam War's crucial phases, focusing on the Advisory Phase, Americanization, and Vietnamization. The Domino Theory highlighted the fear that the fall of one nation to communism could trigger a chain reaction in others. Guerrilla warfare became prevalent as the Vietcong utilized local knowledge to their advantage. Key figures like Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. emerged during this tumultuous time, with Kennedy's administration employing strategies like Operation Rolling Thunder. The narrative unfolds with an analysis of U.S. military tactics, political maneuvers, and the eventual withdrawal from Vietnam.

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The Vietnam War: Insights from the Advisory Phase to Americanization and Vietnamization

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  1. Vietnam Project Sam Carter & Nick Quinn

  2. Advisory phase

  3. Domino Theory The Domino Theory was that if one country falls to communism that the rest will fall to

  4. Iron Triangle This is what the tunnels found in the iron triangle were believed to have looked like

  5. Guerilla Warfare Guerilla Warfare was a very common thing to be used in Vietnam because the Vietcong knew the land very well and could lay out traps for Americans

  6. Robert F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy was elected during the advisory phase of the Vietnam war

  7. Americanization Operation “Rolling Thunder” was a bombing strategy to take out as many people as possible with a kill rate of 10:1

  8. Teach ins were used to get people involved by informing the student body.

  9. U.S. forces sprayed an estimated 20 million gallons of herbicides, including Agent Orange, to deny food and jungle cover to the Vietnamese communists.

  10. “It’s not that we lost the war militarily. The fact is, we as a nation did not make good our commitment to the South Vietnamese.”

  11. Martin Luther King JR. And Robert Kennedy Martin Luther King JR. started to stand out against the war during the Americanization phase because there started to be more bombing everyday

  12. Vietnamization In 1969, the United States bombed Cambodia to get through the Ho Chi minh Trail.

  13. In 1970, there was a shooting that killed 4 students and 8 were wounded in 13 seconds.

  14. Sihanouk allied with China then the US

  15. Showed legacy of deception concerning US policy in Vietnam.

  16. Nixon visits China and the North Vietnamese understood this visit as an effort to break the bond of them and China as their allies.

  17. The Watergate is the headquarters of the democratic party. Nixon put wires in the offices to find out their strategy for election. In 1971, New York Times Published state information about Nixon and the situation in Vietnam.

  18. Kissinger and Le DucTho win Peace Prize however, Le DucThorejected the prize because he felt that peace did not exist yet.

  19. The United States left and the south gave up to the north.

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