The+end+of+Vietnam

Vietnamization- Nixon's policy for winding down the war
 * troops withdrawn
 * training and equipment given to south Vietnamese
 * by 1972, only 24,200 troops remained

Bombing raids increased, however
 * hurt supply lines of North Vietnam
 * bombing expanded to other countries- Laos and Coambodia

US ground forces invade Cambodia in spring 1970
 * leads to more domestic upheaval and student unrest
 * May 4, 1970- Kent State University riots
 * Nation loses support from the public and Congress Gulf of Tonkin resolution repealed

The pentagon papers...
 * Nixon loses against NY times in the supreme court and they are published

Peace talks- 1972
 * "peace is at hand"
 * Nixon is re-elected and drops tons of bombs

January 27,1973
 * agreement reached on ending the war and restoring peace

In 1975...
 * North Vietnam military attacks, Saigon falls
 * Vietnam in united under Communism