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The Vietnam War
a timeline between the war and its effects -
communists led by mao zedong had taken power in china
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the u.s became involved in war
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President Lydon B Johnson asked congress to pass the gulf of tonkin resolution
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full-scale military intervention with the arrival in Da Nang of the first U.S combat troops
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first mass demonstration, 20,000 people in washington,
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"i see the light at the end of the tunnel" -walt rostow
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north vietnam and vietcong launched the tet offensive, a series of attacks
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nixon and kissenger began the process of "vietnamization": turning fihting to south vietnam troops, withdrawing u.s troops
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the number of u.s troops in vietnam fell to 220,000
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communist forces overran the south, with saigon falling in april
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the last helicopter left saigon
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" vietnam was lost in the living rooms of america, not on the battlefields of vietnam" -marshall mcluhan
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party leaders followed china's lead and instituted free-market reforms
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bill clinton lifted the u.s trade embargo
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clinton restored diplomatic relations