-Anti-war demonstrations became very popular in the U.S. -President Nixon was elected in 1968 on a peace platform (Tricky Dicky) -Nixon wanted to find a way out of Vietnam honorably -Developed Vietnamization with help of Henry Kissinger and Henry Cabot-Lodge -Plan had 2 parts 1) make the south well trained enough militarily that they could withstand the north on their own 2) strengthen the south's government
Summary
Americans wanted to pull out of Vietnam, so a 2 part plan was put in place to assure the south Vietnam would be fine without the American soldiers.