1. 1968 Proposal … (page 746)
- American and South Vietnamese wanted all communist troops out of South Vietnam
- POW’s returned
- North Vietnamese demanded an immediate U.S. troop withdrawal
- Coalition government in South Vietnam, sharing power with communists
1973 Proposal … (page 750) Paris Peace Accords
- Immediate ceasefire
- Immediate U.S. troop withdrawal
- POW’s exchanged
- North Vietnamese troops remained in South Vietnam
- NLF / Vietcong would remain a legitimate political party in South Vietnam
- South Vietnam’s noncommunist government remains in power

2. “Cold War Thinking” “Domino Theory” in Asia
1945 – 1991, U.S. Foreign Policy dominated by the “struggle against global communism.”
America’s Involvement in the war has roots in …
European colonialism
Cold War politics
Vietnamese
independence

3. Conflict Between France & Vietnam
French-Vietnamese
War ends in 1954 …
Eisenhower refuses
military support …
Geneva Accords
(1954) …
[1] Indochina Independent
[2] Divided Vietnam
[3] Promised elections in 1956 …

4. Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh

5. Vietcong
The Communists supported the creation of a broad-based united front to help mobilize opposition to the government in South Vietnam.
The National Liberation Front distributed land to the peasants.