11/07/1973: Congress Passes War Powers Resolution
Towards the end of 1973, the United States’ lengthy and harrowing involvement in the Vietnam War was drawing to a close. As a result of January’s Paris Peace Accords, the U.S. had withdrawn its troops, leaving fewer than 250 in South Vietnam by the end of July. Congress passed the Case-Church Amendment in June, which [...]
10/16/1973: Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho
Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the cease-fire and American withdrawal from Vietnam. There was some controversy around this, in that Le Duc Tho declined the prize, on the grounds that peace had not been achieved yet in South Vietnam. Indeed, it was true [...]