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Nixon and Vietnam 1969-1973 (Nixon's policies (Operation Menu (the…
Nixon and Vietnam 1969-1973
Nixon's policies
Operation Phoenix
Operation Menu
the secret bombing of Cambodia which directly caused the a military revolution by the Khmer Rouge
also destroy the Ho Chi Minh trail
Madman Theory
Nixon wanted North Vietnam to think Nixon was 'mad' enough to escalate the war again if needed if that meant nuclear
wanted to push the idea that he was a threat to the communists by doing anything to win the war
Vietnamisation
1972
Paris Peace Talks
Operation Linebacker Two
Nixons
priorities
Vietnam - how to end the war?
Relations with the Societ Union
An opening to China?
The Nixon Doctrine
Concept of linkage - US concessions to the USSR China
Frustrations of Vietnam (1969-1970
)
Failure to link with Soviets
Secret bombing of Cambodia (Madman Theory)
Failure of negotitations with Hanoi
Operation Duck Hook
threat of nuclear strikes
Frustrations of Indochina 1970
Controversies over the war in Laos (1970)
Overthrow of Sihanouk, March 1970
Withdrawl pf 150, 000 men (April 20 1970)
US withdraw from Cambodia (June 1970 but Khmer Rouge war continues and are not in favor of the US
Agony of Vietnam 1971
Failure of Lam Son (Feb 1971) US supported ARVN (South Vietnamese) invasion of Laos
April 1971, Vietnam Veterans against the war in Washington