Paris Peace Accords

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Paris Peace Accords (27 Jan. 1973) A peace treaty negotiated chiefly between Le Duc Theu and Kissinger, signed by representatives of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam (PRG), and the USA. After more than four years of negotiations, begun after the Tet offensive in 1968 and frequently interrupted, e.g. by US bombing offensives, it provided for the withdrawal of US troops and thus an end to direct US military involvement. In return, democratic elections were to be held in South Vietnam, in order to end the rivalry between the official government of Nguyen Van Thieu, and the Communist PRG. Nguyen Van Thieu rejected the treaty, however, and with US assistance continued to defy the Vietcong and North Vietnam's People's Army. Peace was enforced only in a final offensive of the People's Army, which led to the collapse of Nguyen's regime on 30 April 1975.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

JAN PALMOWSKI. "Paris Peace Accords." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JAN PALMOWSKI. "Paris Peace Accords." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-ParisPeaceAccords.html

JAN PALMOWSKI. "Paris Peace Accords." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-ParisPeaceAccords.html

Learn more about citation styles