Paris Peace Talks/Related Articles

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Vietnam War [r]: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. ^[e]
Detente [r]: A transition of the view of U.S. foreign policy from the Cold War model to one based on "realism", and a balance of power among the U.S., U.S.S.R., and China; most associated with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger ^[e]
Vietnamization [r]: Add brief definition or description

Richard M. Nixon [r]: Add brief definition or description
Henry Kissinger [r]: (1923—) American academic, diplomat, and simultaneously Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Secretary of State in the Nixon Administration; promoted realism (foreign policy) and détente with China and the Soviet Union; shared 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Vietnam War; Director, Atlantic Council ^[e]
Leonid Brezhnev [r]: Add brief definition or description
John Negroponte [r]: Add brief definition or description
Pham Van Dong [r]: Early Indochinese revolutionary, and then Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North) and the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam for 30 years ^[e]
Le Duc Tho [r]: A member of the Politburo of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, who was the true, not public, senior negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks, although listed as "special adviser" ^[e]
Operation LINEBACKER II [r]: Add brief definition or description
Nguyen Van Thieu [r]: Vietnamese officer and politician (1923–2001); president of South Vietnam 1967–1975. ^[e]
Nguyen Cao Ky [r]: Republic of Vietnam Air Force general, active in military coups, who served as Premier and member of several juntas ^[e]
Duong Van Minh [r]: Vietnamese general who led the 1963 overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem and final President of the Republic of Vietnam in 1975. ^[e]
Xuan Thuy [r]: Add brief definition or description