USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Post-Vietnam War President Nixon called for this policy as a way to relax or ease tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
A
Brinkmanship
B
Containment
C
Detente
D
Big Stick Policy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to “expand, equip, and train South Vietnamese forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops".

Detailed explanation-2: -The US foreign policy during the presidency of Richard Nixon (1969–1974) focused on reducing the dangers of the Cold War among the Soviet Union and China. President Richard Nixon’s policy sought on détente with both nations, which were hostile to the U.S. and to each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nixon Doctrine, a foreign policy of the U.S. government, announced by U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon in 1969, whereby the United States would thereafter support allies facing military threats with economic and military aid rather than with ground troops.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nixon came into office looking to reduce tensions, an idea called détente. This new foreign policy was outlined in the 1969 Nixon Doctrine. The Nixon Doctrine directly claimed that the US would withdraw troops from Asia, indicating a new policy that foreign nations should take more responsibility for their own defense.

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