The End of the War
The prolongation of the war created strong reactions even within the US. Irwas clear that the US had failed to achieve its objectives the Vietnamese resistance had not been crushed; the support of the Viemamese people for US action had not been won. In the mcaname thousands of voung US soldiers had lost their lives and countless Vietnamese civilians had been killed. This was a war that has been called the first television war Battle scenes ivere shown on the daily news programmes Many became disillusioned with whar the US was doing and writers such as Mary McCarthy, and crors like lane Fonda even visited North Vietnam and praised their heroic defence of the country.
The scholar Nou Chomsky called the war the greatest threat to peace, to national self-determination, and to international cooperation.
The widespread questioning of government policy strengthened Per to moves to negotiate an end to the war. Apence settlement was signed Paris in Janinary 1974. This ended conflict with the US but fighong berween the Saigon regime and the NLF continued. The NLF un Thccupied the presidential palace in Sagon on 30 April 1975 and Inified Vietnam.
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