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| Which are the domestic reasons? |
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Definition
-Protests
-Draft
-Body Bags
-Political fears and costs |
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Term
| Which are the military reasons? |
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Definition
-Guerrilla warfare
-Morale of troops
-Allies
-ARVN
-NLF/NVA
-Strengths |
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Term
| Other reasons beside domestic and military reasons? |
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Definition
-Nixon
-Vietnamese corruption
-International pressure |
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Term
| Domestic reason - Protests |
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Definition
| Oppositions to the war increased, and this was rare. Because Americans are very patriotic. |
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Term
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Definition
| Americans were no longer volunteering, but forced to go to Vietnam. By the end of 1969 there were 34000 draft-dodgers. |
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Term
| Domestic resons - Body bags |
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Definition
| The image of dead people returning was caused by the television on the war, so that people wont see the dead people. |
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Term
| Domestic reasons - Political fears and costs |
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Definition
| Some US congress men spotted the public mood and moved against the government decisions |
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Term
| Military reasons - Guerrilla warfare |
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Definition
| Guerrilla warfare shows the enemy they have strong morale. It is very difficult to win against it. It zaps the morale of the enemy, since they are hard to defeat, even if guerrillas are much smaller. |
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Term
| Military reasons - morale of the troops |
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Definition
| The low age, the social classes, not a great leadership. It is a DRAFT army, not a professional army. |
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Term
| Military reasons - Allies |
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Definition
| The Americans didn't have many allies. The only country which helped wholeheartedly was Australia. |
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Term
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Definition
| Extremely well equipped, but army was badly lead by corrupt officers, lower morale |
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Term
| Military reasons - NLF / NVA |
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Definition
| Have a higher moral, fighters are stronger, eventhough the no. of people were much less and no material goods. |
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Term
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Definition
| Nixon was a clever man, but towards the end of his term he turned psychotic, scared that people would get him. He couldn't understand why people wont support his decisions. |
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Term
| Other domestic reasons - Vietnamese corruption |
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Definition
| A huge amount of wealth was sent from America to south Vietnam to areas in need. The Vietnamese government never distributed this even. |
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Term
| Other reasons - International pressure |
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Definition
| Other countries started wondering whether America should have joined the war. |
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