ASIAN AM 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Paris Peace Accords, Tet Offensive, Pentagon Papers
30 Nov 2016
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Unpopularity led to coup: led by military forces in south, assassination of diem in 1963. U. s. involvement: summer 1963: u. s. discussed regime change, agreement that if diem doesn"t change policies; u. s. withdraws support, november 1963, u. s. support of removal of diem. July 27, 1964 troop number increased to 21,000. Gulf of tonkin: august 2 4, 1964: u. s. declared was attacked by northern naval forces, pentagon papers revealed unprovoked aggression on part of u. s. August 7: congress passed gulf of tonkin resolution: law gave president johnson broad powers to conduct military operations without actual declaration of war, marine deployment in ground war. 200000 by december 1965: air strikes. Paris peace talks: north insisted on total cessation of bombing of north vietnam, u. s. wanted de-escalation of north vietnamese military activities in south. Vietnam: u. s. eventually agreed to halt bombings and talks began. Nixon doctrine 1969: withdrawal of troops, war fought with vietnamese troops, u. s. provide economic aid.
