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        The Vietnam War
            The 9th Party Plenum
In Hanoi, two North Vietnamese factions disagree about how best to proceed in the war. China and the Soviet Union offer conflicting advice.
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            Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    