THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Nixon
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Johnson
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nixon used in a speech on January 23, 1973 to describe the Paris Peace Accords to end the Vietnam War. The phrase is a variation on a campaign promise Nixon made in 1968: “I pledge to you that we shall have an honorable end to the war in Vietnam.” The Accords specified that a ceasefire would take place four days later.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the midst of all these trials and tribulations, Nixon-in a reversal of the 1960 election results-won a close election over Humphrey in the Electoral College – 301 to 191.
Detailed explanation-3: -27, 1973, peace accord, heralded by President Richard Nixon as “an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Perhaps most important, Nixon changed the political objective of U.S. intervention from guaranteeing a free and independent South Vietnam to creating the opportunity for South Vietnam to determine its own political future. Vietnamization along with negotiation were Nixon’s twin pillars for achieving an honorable peace.