Nixon

=C.P.E.W. / Cold War. . . Analyses=

Causes
[Fill in here any connections that can be made between NIXON and the CAUSES of the Vietnam Civil War]
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Practices
[Fill in here any connections that can be made between NIXON and HOW THE VIETNAM WAR WAS FAUGHT]
 * 1) "Vietnamization" - the systematic build up of ARVN forces to the point that they could prosecute the war without American support. As part of this plan, American troops would slowly be removed. Nixon complemented this approach with efforts to ease global tensions by reaching out diplomatically to the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China. In Vietnam, the war shifted to smaller operations geared towards attacking North Vietnamese logistics.
 * 2) détente
 * 3) Nixon had begun the systematic withdrawal of US forces, lowering troop strength to 156,800 in 1971. That same year, the ARVN commenced Operation Lam Son 719 with the goal of severing the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. In what was seen as a dramatic failure for “Vietnamization,” ARVN forces were routed and driven back across the border. Further cracks were revealed in 1972, when the North Vietnamese launched a conventional invasion of the south, attacking into the northern provinces and from Cambodia. This offensive was only defeated with the support of US airpower.

Effects
[Fill in here any connections that can be made between NIXON and the EFFECTS THE VIETNAM WAR HAD

-either at home in the USA -OR on the USA v. USSR Cold War in general
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