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Vietnam War

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TONKIN, TET and a TV SET

Reasons for Involvement
Containment
Domino theory
Underestimation of the enemy

War Effort
LBJ escalates the war
The Tet offensive
President Nixon continues the war

The Homefront
Increase in Presidential powers
Discontent at home
New York Times vs. US (1971)

Role of Legislative Branch

War Powers Act (1973)

The act required the President to inform Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into combat. Within 60 days Congress must decide whether or not to declare war. If they don’t declare war, the President must remove combat troops within 30 days. U.S. power and prestige was also curtailed

Goodnight Saigon: The Dynamics of Defeat in Vietnam 1971-1975

By 1975, what remained of the South Vietnamese Army was not capable of withstanding the
advance of the North and it was an inevitability that Saigon would fall to communist forces.

True Story of the U.S. Marines' Last Days in Vietnam