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Nixon and Vietnamization
During his 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon promised to have "an honorable end to the war in Vietnam." Not long after taking office, he began withdrawing troops. The first round of withdrawals was completed in August 1969 and totaled 25,000 troops. From 1969 to 1971, there were 15 announced withdrawals. This left less than 25,000 troops by November 1972.
On November 3, 1969, President Nixon announced his policy of Vietnamization. The new policy turned more responsibility for the war over to South Vietnamese forces. The United States military trained them and provided American weapons while withdrawing U.S. troops from the field. At the same time, however, Nixon authorized the bombing of neighboring Cambodia, which had declared its neutrality. It was an effort to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong bases within that country and cut off supply routes between North and South Vietnam. The bombing was kept secret from both Congress and the American public. In April 1970, Nixon followed up with an invasion of Cambodia.
Ongoing war protests, campus violence, and the expansion of the war into Cambodia deeply disillusioned Americans about the U.S. role in Vietnam Understanding the national mood, Nixon dropped his opposition to a repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. In January 1971, Congress revoked the notorious blanket military authorization. In June 1971, a set of documents the media dubbed the Pentagon Papers were published. These were excerpts from a study prepared during the Johnson administration. The American public learned for the first time that President Johnson had meant to expand the U.S. role in Vietnam and bomb North Vietnam, despite his public statements that he had no intentions of doing so. The Pentagon Papers also revealed that his administration had tried to deliberately provoke North Vietnamese attacks to justify escalating American involvement.
Realizing that he must end the war but reluctant to make it look as though the United States was admitting failure, President Nixon began to secure favorable peace terms from the North Vietnamese. Thanks to his diplomatic efforts in China and the Soviet Union, those two nations cautioned North Vietnam to use restraint. The loss of strong support by their patrons made the North Vietnamese more willing to negotiate. So did intensive bombing of Hanoi and mines placed in crucial North Vietnamese harbors by U.S. forces. Nixon's actions also won him popular support at home.
Read the above and in three sentences in a fourth greatest response, describe the purpose of the Vietnamization policy
Nixon and Vietnamization
During his 1968 presidential campaign, Richard Nixon promised to have "an honorable end to the war in Vietnam." Not long after taking office, he began withdrawing troops. The first round of withdrawals was completed in August 1969 and totaled 25,000 troops. From 1969 to 1971, there were 15 announced withdrawals. This left less than 25,000 troops by November 1972.
On November 3, 1969, President Nixon announced his policy of Vietnamization. The new policy turned more responsibility for the war over to South Vietnamese forces. The United States military trained them and provided American weapons while withdrawing U.S. troops from the field. At the same time, however, Nixon authorized the bombing of neighboring Cambodia, which had declared its neutrality. It was an effort to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong bases within that country and cut off supply routes between North and South Vietnam. The bombing was kept secret from both Congress and the American public. In April 1970, Nixon followed up with an invasion of Cambodia.
Ongoing war protests, campus violence, and the expansion of the war into Cambodia deeply disillusioned Americans about the U.S. role in Vietnam Understanding the national mood, Nixon dropped his opposition to a repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. In January 1971, Congress revoked the notorious blanket military authorization. In June 1971, a set of documents the media dubbed the Pentagon Papers were published. These were excerpts from a study prepared during the Johnson administration. The American public learned for the first time that President Johnson had meant to expand the U.S. role in Vietnam and bomb North Vietnam, despite his public statements that he had no intentions of doing so. The Pentagon Papers also revealed that his administration had tried to deliberately provoke North Vietnamese attacks to justify escalating American involvement.
Realizing that he must end the war but reluctant to make it look as though the United States was admitting failure, President Nixon began to secure favorable peace terms from the North Vietnamese. Thanks to his diplomatic efforts in China and the Soviet Union, those two nations cautioned North Vietnam to use restraint. The loss of strong support by their patrons made the North Vietnamese more willing to negotiate. So did intensive bombing of Hanoi and mines placed in crucial North Vietnamese harbors by U.S. forces. Nixon's actions also won him popular support at home.
Read the above and in three sentences in a fourth greatest response, describe the purpose of the Vietnamization policy
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The purpose of the Vietnamization policy was to gradually transfer the responsibility of fighting the Vietnam War from U.S. troops to South Vietnamese forces, allowing for a reduction in American military presence. This strategy involved training South Vietnamese soldiers and providing them with American weaponry while also seeking to maintain U.S. influence and authority in the region. Ultimately, Vietnamization aimed to facilitate an honorable exit for the United States from the conflict, while minimizing the perception of defeat.