1. Aim: Describe conditions in Cambodia and Vietnam after the Vietnam War

2. The United States Gets Involved
Late 1965: more than 185,000 US soldiers were in combat on Vietnamese soil
1968: More than half million in combat there
Unable to win a decisive victory on the ground, the US turned to air power
US forces bombed millions of acres of farmland & forest
Bowing to intense public pressure, Pres. Nixon began withdrawing US troops in 1969
Nixon’s plan was Vietnamization
Allowed for gradually pull out while South increased their combat rule
Nixon authorized bombing against North Vietnamese, Laos & Cambodia
1975: North Vietnamese overran South 2

3. Cambodia in Turmoil 1978: Vietnamese invaded 1989: Vietnamese withdrew
1975: Communist rebels known as the Khmer Rouge set up a brutal Communist government under leadership of Pol Pot
Pol Pot’s followers slaughtered 2 million
1978: Vietnamese invaded
They overthrew the Khmer Rouge
1989: Vietnamese withdrew
1993: Under supervision of UN, Cambodia adopted a democratic constitution 3

4. Vietnam After the War
After 1975: North Vietnamese imposed tight controls over South
Sent thousands of people to “reduction camp” for training in Communist thought
Communist oppression caused 1.5 million people to flee Vietnam
About 70,000 eventually settled in the US or Canada
Vietnam now welcomes foreign investments
US normalized relations in Vietnam in 1995 4