HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Pacification
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Lottery System
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Vietnamization
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Exit Strategy
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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: -Implementing Vietnamization President Nixon began withdrawing ground forces in 1969. According to plan, Vietnamization placed more reliance and responsibility on South Vietnamese forces to fight against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -He called it his “Madman Theory.” As later testimony and actions revealed, the theory called for more troops and more bombing, including the illegal use of bombing in peaceful countries bordering on Vietnam. It also threatened the use of nuclear weapons.