U.S. bombing of Cambodia is halted by congressional deadline

The final U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam under the Paris agreement. The withdrawal ended direct U.S. ground combat deployment but did not end the conflict between Vietnamese forces or the...

Captain Robert White, held by a local National Liberation Front member, was transferred to U.S. officials after the larger prisoner-release process. His case showed that the return of U.S. prisoners...

The two negotiators resumed meetings as fighting continued and the ceasefire proved unstable. The U.S. diplomatic record describes the May–June meetings as an unsuccessful effort to reaffirm the...

The June communiqué attempted to reaffirm implementation of the Paris agreement after continued fighting. The diplomatic effort could not resolve the conflict between the South Vietnamese parties,...

U.S. naval forces completed the minesweeping mission and departed North Vietnamese territorial waters; Task Force 78 was disbanded later in July. Clearing mines did not remove the much broader...

Congressional restrictions brought U.S. bombing in Cambodia to a halt. The bombing had expanded a war rooted in Vietnam into a neighboring country and inflicted major civilian and infrastructural...

Congress established reporting and time limits for presidential deployments of U.S. forces, responding to the Vietnam experience and executive escalation. The law reshaped later debates over war...

Congress passed the War Powers Resolution after years of expanding military action in Southeast Asia. It sought to reassert congressional authority over U.S. deployments, reflecting public and...

Chinese and South Vietnamese forces fought around the islands, which both governments claimed. The clash ended with Chinese control of the archipelago. Competing accounts of who initiated the firing...

A naval battle broke out as the People’s Republic of China moved to take control of the Paracel Islands, which the Republic of Vietnam also claimed. The conflict over maritime sovereignty continued...