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Why did American forces withdraw from Vietnam in 1973?

Why did American forces withdraw from Vietnam in 1973?

There are several reasons for American withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973 and I shall be discussing these in relation to American defeat and communist success. In this essay, I will be discussing American involvement in Vietnam and the differences in tactics between the American and Communist tactics. I shall also be exploring the communists success, the South Vietnamese government and the American homefront, and examining why it took so long for America to get out of the war. The first issue to be explored is America and its tactics.
One reason for America's withdrawal was that their tactics were inappropriate and brutal, their technology was advanced and could create new fighting weapons to cause mass destruction. One of their tactics was to 'bomb,bomb,bomb'. They believed that bombing could destroy the economy and morale of the communists. Between 1969 and 1970, America dropped an average of 100,000 tonnes of bombs a...

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