Vietnam War or Second Indochina Term Paper

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" (The Wars for Vietnam) There was also in increase in bombing and the air war over North Vietnam. Conflict intensified and Nixon severely bombed targets in Hanoi and Haiphong in 1972. This action brought condemnation for the international community and further increased the problematics for America of pursuing the war. This was to have the effect of forcing the Nixon administration to reconsider its negotiation strategies.

After fifteen years of war which had resulted in a large number of both civilian and military deaths, the direct involvement of the United States ended with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973. Fighting was to continue between the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and the combined People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
However the Viet Cong forces were victorious over the RVN and the war was brought to a close. The country thereafter became "... unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) with a communist-controlled government based in Hanoi." (Wikipedia: Vietnam War)

During the period of American Involvement in Vietnam approximately 3 million U.S. men and women were sent thousands of miles to fight "...for what was a questionable cause." (The Vietnam War) It is estimated that the death toll on both sides amounted to more than 2, 5 million people. The official death toll for American troops during 1964-73 in Vietnam is 58,177......

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