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Agreement to end Indochina war between Vietnam and France that lasted from 1946-1954
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Joint resolution that the US Congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident
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Codename for an American bombing of targets throughout North Vietnam, intended to put pressure on its military
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80,000 Vietcong troops emerged and attacked every metropolitan area in south Vietnam
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Between 347 to 504 unarmed civilians were killed by US troops. Some women were gang-raped and their bodies were mutilated
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Nixon wins the presidency from Hubert Humphery
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Nixon authorizes the covert bombing of Cambodia in an attempt to destroy supply routes
