History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedong, Easter Offensive
5 May 2016
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: wont get fooled again: drv and sino-soviet split, easter offensive, nqyen van thieu, the ceaseless fire, denouement. South-first policy - leaned more towards china and reunification. North-first policy - leaned more towards soviets to build the country. Le duan believed the north-first peoples were a threat because they were following the soviet way and did not have the same goals in mind with defeating the south. The easter offensive: north came into south and took over many provinces and le duan hoped this would be one of the final steps however nixon responded with bombing and the. General uprising strategy failed again the north vietnamese troops returned and they fell short: 1972 - north vietnam and us make peace. Nguyen van thieu: southern leader, autocrat - corrupt regime, had no say in what kissinger was bargaining for (ceasefire) Christmas bombing on hanoi (most relentless bombing campaign to prove south. Vietnam they were going to stick by them)
