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Blackboard Vietnam Final Summary

My email address is dennis.kobray@rutgers.edu Final exam Lectures 6-12 How to keep t e war !oin! w en opposition was so stron!" A A brilliant strategy of diversion the myth of POWs/MIAs # e $% &e'olt and &adicali(ation # e )ru! #rade *S +eaponry A Na alm ! Agent Orange " "luster bombs # e ,enta!on ,apers bombs ell )-tente wit . ina/ *SS& A # ring $%&' bombing doesn(t deter big o)er sellout of N*N/N+, 1012 . ristmas Bombin!21013 ,eace 4ccords A -# effort to )ring further .on.essions from /anoi fails ! -# agrees to /anoi(s demands of $%0% and 1eneva $%23 unifi.ation4 inde enden.e4 sovereignty " Promise of re arations broken 5 $%&6 War Po)ers A.t effort to reverse trend to)ards 7Im erial Presiden.y8 $ Ignored by -# Presidents in 1renada $%964 Panama $%9%4 Ira: $%%$4 #erbia $%%94 Afghanistan ';;'4 Ira: ';;64 Pakistan ';;%4 +ibya ';$$

# e de5eat o5 t e &6V and reuni5ication o5 Vietnam 4pril 1017 # e destruction o5 .ambodia A <hmer =ouge 7killing fields8 ! *ietnam invasion of "ambodia " -#/"hina defense of <hmer =ouge ><=? 5 "hinese invasion of *ietnam t e re-writin! and re-ima!in! o5 t e Vietnam 8xperience A 7*ietnam #yndrome8 must be eradi.ated if the -# is to resume its 7destiny8 as )orld oli.eman against revolutionary .hange4 nationalism4 and inde enden.e ! 7We )eren(t allo)ed to )in/ stabbed in the ba.k8 " # itting on 1Is 5 7/anoi @ane8 A /olly)ood , Psy.hologiBing the oliti.al 1 =ulers des erately )ant the Ameri.an eo le to forget )hat o)er )e hadC if they are su..essful4 future generations )ill fa.e more *ietnams. 1 D Vocabulary terms D /o "hi Minh POWs/MIAs N+, PE#5 @ane ,onda Eiger "ages 5iem

Ehieu $%23 1eneva Agreement Ehe Pentagon Pa ers PhoeniF Program !ody "ounts 5Gtente War Po)ers A.t of $%&6 "redibility 1a <ent #tate/@a.kson #tate Pol Pot "hristmas !ombing of $%&' Agent Orange/Na alm Eet Offensive *ietnamiBation "old War /anoi #aigon #trategi. /amlets /a)ks and 5oves 2 - 8ssay 9uestions A D When Ameri.an veterans .ame home from the )ar4 they )ere routinely s at u on and abused by anti)ar a.tivists )hy is this not trueH

! What )as dGtente and )hat did President NiFon ho e to a..om lish )ith itH Was he su..essful )hy or )hy notH " /o) )as the se.ret bombing of "ambodia illegal and more deserving of im ea.hment than the breakDin at the WatergateH /as the failure to im ea.h NiFon over those more serious .rimes served residents )ho .ame after him as a green light for future .riminal a.tivityH /o)H 5 7Ehe -# )ith its military might .ould have and should have )on the )ar against a small easant nation4 but )e )ere stabbed in the ba.k by the leftD)ing media4 liberal oliti.ians4 a treasonable anti)ar movement finan.ed by foreign o)ers4 and draftD dodging s oiled brat .ollege hi iesI8 5o you agree or disagree )hyH A 7Ehere are still lenty of Ameri.an POWs in *ietnam and not all MIAs have been a..ounted for.8 /o) )ould you ans)er this .laimH /ave all MIAs ever been a..ounted for in any )ar in human historyH AF lain ho) the POW/MIA issue ulled at the heartD strings of Ameri.ans and allo)ed the -# government to break its romise of @anuary $%&6 to ay re arations to *ietnam for its years of destru.tion and death. , Was the *ietnam War a noble .ause4 a stu id but )ellDintentioned mis.al.ulation4 or an eFam le of im erialismH AF lain. AFtra :uestions for sele.ted students $D What )ere the results of the $%23 1eneva Agreement and )hat )as the -# res onseH 'D Ehe $%09 Eet Offensive )as defeated militarily by the -# but )as a.kno)ledged to be a serious4 even fatal Ameri.an oliti.al defeat. Agree or disagree )hyH What is the differen.eH AF lain its effe.ts u on Ameri.an ubli. o inion4 defining the hrases 7light at the end of the tunnel8 and 7the .redibility ga .8

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