A War for Peace: Nixon, Kissinger, and Vietnam, 1969-1973

Identifications

Apeace with honor
Operation MENU
protracted war strategy
Asilent majority speech
Fall Moratoriums
Lon Nol
Kent State University and Jackson State University
Cooper-Church Amendment
Hutson Plan
LAM SON 719
AWinter Soldier hearings
William Calley
Pentagon Papers
Easter Offensive
Ajugular diplomacy
Paris Agreements

Questions for consideration:

1		Why was Kissingers statement, Awe will not make the same old mistakes. We will make our own so enlightening?
2		Why does the author argue that Athe Nixon-Kissinger strategy for ending the war was deeply flawed and based on a large dose of wishful thinking?
3		Why does the author assert that Aon the surface, at least, the insurgency appeared to be under control after the Vietnamization program was implemented fully in 1969? Yet, he also notes the weaknesses. What were they?
4		Why does the author argue that AKissingers later claim that the United States intervened in Cambodia hesitantly and belatedly and only after being persuaded that the North Vietnamese were committed to the destruction of Lon Nols government appear at best misleading?
5		Why does the author argue, Aalthough Nixon escaped with his power intact, the Cambodian venture tightened the trap he had set for himself?
6		What was the administrations response to the groups and individuals such as the Vietnam Veterans Against the War? Mayday Tribe? Daniel Ellsberg?
7		Why does the author believe that the negotiations of late 1971 Awere the most serious yet undertaken, but they Aeventually fell down for the same reasons earlier efforts had failed?
8		What were the responses to the Christmas Day bombings? Did the bombings, according to the author, produce a dramatically different result at the negotiating table?
9		Why does the author argue, Ain fact, there was no Peace... Nor was there honor?