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The War Under Nixon

The War Under Nixon. 21.4. Nixon. Republican Faced with U.S. and Vietnam Can it be won? “I will not be the first president to lose a war.”. Vietnamization. “Peace with honor” U.S. would gradually turn over all the fighting to South Vietnamese army with supply help and aid from U.S.

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The War Under Nixon

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  1. The War Under Nixon 21.4

  2. Nixon • Republican • Faced with U.S. and Vietnam • Can it be won? • “I will not be the first president to lose a war.”

  3. Vietnamization • “Peace with honor” • U.S. would gradually turn over all the fighting to South Vietnamese army with supply help and aid from U.S. • Henry Kissinger: Nixon’s national security officer

  4. Nixon is Crazed? • Nixon’s “Madman Theory” • Use threat of nuclear war against Vietnam to try and intimidate them into thinking Nixon is crazy • With Ho Chi Minh dead, this plan would now really work

  5. Plan Backfired • Vietcong kept fighting • Nixon withdrew some troops from Vietnam, but continued bombing raids in Laos and Cambodia without Congressional approval • Also bombed Ho Chi Minh Trail • The North Vietnamese kept offering support to Cambodian communist army (Khmer Rouge)

  6. Nixon Makes New Enemies at Home • Nixon ordered the invasion of Cambodia • This makes it look like another war is being started

  7. Kent St. (Ohio) • More protests on college campuses occurred after the Cambodia invasion • Students attacked military building • National Guard called out using tear gas • Students kept throwing rocks at soldiers • Officers fired; 4 students dead, 9 injured

  8. Pentagon Papers • Released papers that showed the American government lied about Vietnam • Congress threatened to cut off all funds for the Vietnam War • As the 1972 election neared, Nixon stopped the invasion of Cambodia and Kissinger secretly met to discuss peace with North Vietnam

  9. 1972 Election • 26th Amendment: lowered voting age from 21 to 18 (Draft) • Nixon ran against George McGovern (SD) • McGovern won the young vote, but Nixon won support from all other age groups and easily won re-election • People did not want another new president to deal with war; plus Nixon promised peace

  10. Paris Peace Accords • 1973 • Meeting of all sides after more bombing in North Vietnam • Removal of all U.S. POW’s • Demilitarized buffer zone between North and South Vietnam • Talk more peace later • U.S. troops were finally removed

  11. More Problems • 1974, more fighting broke between North and South Vietnam • U.S. said no more troops are being sent • North takes over Saigon and South Vietnam and make all of Vietnam unifies under COMMUNIST RULE!! • Still are today, but not traditional communists (Including Cambodia and Laos)

  12. Consequences of War • Vietnam was a nation of destruction (environmentally, civilians) • Fighting still was present up to 1985 (30 years)

  13. U.S. Consequences • 58,000 soldiers died • 2,500 MIA’s (Missing in Action) • Mental illness of veterans • Faced discrimination and anger when they returned home

  14. War Powers Act • 1973 • President must get Congress approval before sending troops • Nixon vetoed, but Congress overrode the veto • Congress received greater responsibility in setting U.S. policy

  15. Vietnam War Memorial • Black, granite wall in D.C. made in 1982 • All names of those who died and were missing engraved

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