THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Silent Majority
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Vocal Minority
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Indifferent Middle
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the plan, within sixty days of the ceasefire, the North Vietnamese would release all U.S. prisoners, and all U.S. troops would withdraw from South Vietnam. On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. soldier left Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -When diplomacy failed to bring about “peace with honor, ” Nixon decided to try another approach known as Vietnamization. South Vietnam, he said, would gradually take over conduct of the war, while American GIs would steadily be withdrawn.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vietnamization along with negotiation were Nixon’s twin pillars for achieving an honorable peace.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term “silent majority"-to refer to Conservative voters who do not participate in the public discourse-later resurfaced in the political campaigns of Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.