THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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He promised to restore law and order at home and end the war abroad.
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He promised to investigate the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy.
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He promised to continue the fight for civil rights and win the Vietnam War.
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He promised an end to the draft and full benefits for veterans.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the general election, Nixon emphasized “law and order", positioning himself as the champion of what he called the “silent majority".
Detailed explanation-2: -He focused on détente with the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union, easing Cold War tensions with both countries. As part of this policy, Nixon signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and SALT I, two landmark arms control treaties with the Soviet Union.
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 was the only person in American history to resign the presidency. He almost faced impeachment after the Watergate scandal. Despite this election delivering Nixon’s greatest electoral triumph, Nixon later wrote in his memoirs that “it was one of the most frustrating and in many ways the least satisfying of all".