The Paris Peace Accords: Compromises To End The Vietnam War

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The Paris Peace Accords: Compromises to end the Vietnam war Whenever there is an ongoing conflict, one option many turn to is to negotiate a compromise. Compromises are supposed to end a conflict, but for Vietnam that wasn’t the case at all. The failed compromise leads Vietnam to an even greater conflict than before. The Vietnam war took place from 1955 to 1975. During those years many negotiations were brought up, but none were taken serious until 1973. On January 27,1973, The Paris Peace Accords were signed by the U.S. and south Vietnam, north Vietnam. The Paris peace accords main purpose was to withdraw u.s. soldiers out of the war and to end the war to restore peace in Vietnam, but its efforts failed to do so. The war continued now

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