it also cost giap his job. they keep the political offices, but he's no longer running the north vietnamese party. the communists decide for a while that they'll put the emphasis on political struggle after the americans leave. they also have to rebuild their army which they do. in october of 1973, they decide that they're going to make another offensive. they decide, okay, it's 1976 is what they're planning for. they're going to launch an offensive. giap says no, let's go in '75. for once he makes the argument to go to phase iii. they're not sure they want to do that. in december of 1974, they're trying to test if the americans do what they're promising to do, support the south vietnamese regime and particularly with air power. we don't do anything, the communists think they have a green light. in march of 1975, they launch this large conventional invasion that topples the south vietnamese government that by this point had been pretty much abandoned by the united states. what kind of conclusions do we get from

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