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Period: to
vietnam war
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communist led by Mao Zedong take power in china
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korean war begins
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Dwight D Eisenhower sent millitary advisors to train and arm the south vietnamese army in its fight against the communist
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John F Kennedy becomes president
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John F Kennedy was assasinated
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north korrean gun boats attach american destroyers
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U.S. combat troops arrive in Da Nang
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north vietnam and the vietcong launch the tet offensive
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president nixon begin the process "virtnamization"
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president nixon extricates the U.S. from vietnam
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the paris peace accprds calls and end to fighting and for all foreign troops to be withdrawn from vietnam
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war ends
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party leaders follow chinas lead and instituted free market reforms
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bill clinton lifts the U.S. trade embargo
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foreign investors pour into vietnam and its economy has boomed
