PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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direct frontal assaults on American and South Vietnamese positions
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increased use of Soviet troops to confront American and South Vietnamese forces
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use of airpower to dominate South Vietnam
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guerilla tactics designed to wait out American support
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Detailed explanation-1: -The guerrilla warfare tactics, such as hit-and-run ambush, or ambushing American soldiers and then escaping before being captured, used by the Viet Cong, who were communist fighters from North Vietnam, ultimately led to the United States withdrawing from Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietcong encouraged a fear amongst the peasants that the Americans and South Vietnamese would take this land back. They would frustrate the Americans by simple tactics: retreating when the enemy attacked; raiding enemy camps; attacking the enemy when they were tired and pursuing the enemy when they retreated.
Detailed explanation-3: -For the most part, the Viet Cong fought essentially a guerrilla war of ambush, terrorism, and sabotage; they used small units to maintain a hold on the countryside, leaving the main population centres to government authorities.