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Vietnam & the Tumultuous 60s, Hippies, Nixon Wins the Presidency,…
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Pulling out of Vietnam
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If north invades south, US will reenter war
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South Vietnam surrenders, Vietnam is now unified and fully communist
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Conditions
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Few cities, some villages
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Drug culture
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Soldiers began to use drugs when the war became very unpopular -- used drugs because of boredom, numbness of stress, etc.
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Initially very confident
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Vietnamese know their land much better than Americans and most soldiers actually died being sniped or due to mines
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Impact on Southeast Asia
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1 million + Vietnamese casualties, South Vietnamese war refugees
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Haight-Ashbury District
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Music, drugs, sexual freedom, creative expression & some hippies focused on politics
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Vietnamization
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1969 - pull out 25,000 US troops
Legacy of Vietnam
58,000 Americans dead and 300,000 wounded. $150 billion spent
Severe psychological impact on soldiers. Troops come home to no one or to angry Americans. Many suffer from PTSD.
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Nixon's instructions
"They have got to go in there and I mean really go in...I want everything that can fly to go in there and crack the hell out of them. There is no limitation on mileage and there is no limitation of budget. Is that clear?
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the television war
credibility gap
people felt like the government is telling them one thing while the people felt like what they were shown on tv is completely different from the government's promises
Counterculture
The culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of mainstream society.
Vietnamization
(in the Vietnam War) the US policy of withdrawing its troops and transferring the responsibility and direction of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam.
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