The Vietnam War

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Examines reasons for the failure of various peace initiatives during the long war. Background of Vietnam under French rule, the Indochina War, and American involvement. Early opportunities for peace; Geneva agreements. Policies of various U.S. Presidential administrations--Eisenhower, Kennedy, and escalation of the war under Lyndon B. Johnson. Military tactics. Paris Peace Talks.

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"Missed Opportunities to End the Vietnam War


This research paper discusses whether opportunities existed to end the Vietnam War, the reasons for the failure of various peace initiatives and the implications for the avoidance of future conflicts.


From late 1946 and until the Fall of Saigon in the spring of 1975, Vietnam was almost continuously embroiled in a war of fearsome destructive power and fateful consequences for its principal participants. Except for the Geneva Agreement of 1954 which produced a fitful armed truce which lasted several years, all other peace initiatives failed before the Paris Peace Accords were signed in early 1973. At various junctures decisions were taken by the principal decision makers involved which affected the character, intensity and scope of the war. They failed to..."

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