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| 1966 |
| | | Suharto forces the Indonesian president, Achmed Sukarno, to hand over to him all executive powers | |
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| 1968 |
| | | The Vietcong launch widespread attacks on South Vietnamese cities during the Tet (lunar new year) holiday | |
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| 1968 |
| | | US soldiers massacre hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai | |
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| 1968 |
| | | Raden Suharto is elected president, formalizing his already de facto succession to Sukarno as the Indonesian dictator | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Norodom Sihanouk is removed from power in Cambodia in a US-supported coup led by General Lon Nol | |
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| 1970 |
| | | President Nixon sends US troops into Cambodia to destroy Vietminh bases | |
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| 1971 |
| | | US and South Vietnamese troops cross the border to invade Laos | |
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| 1972 |
| | | Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines, citing the danger of a Communist takeover | |
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| 1973 |
| | | The Paris Peace Accords end the US combat role in Vietnam, with nothing achieved and millions dead | |
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| 1973 |
| | | The last US troops leave Vietnam, ending American involvement in a continuing war between the north and south of the country | |
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