Richard Nixon campaigned on the premise of withdrawal from Vietnam. His policy was to extricate the US from the war as soon as possible.
ordering the bombing of North Vietnam during peace negotiations
Richard Nixon
Ultimately the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam could be used to define the end of the war, the last of the American troops did not leave until the Paris Peace accords were signed in 1973.
His commitment to containing communism
My withdrawal?
The process was called "Vietnamization"; the slogan was, "Peace with honor."
Nixon sought to correct the public ill will over Vietnam through rehabilitation policies.
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He didn't
The vietcong strikes convinced President Kennedy to send American military advisers to South Vietnam
The NVA conducted conventional military offensive operations.
Nixon, 1974
Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th President of the U.S., helped to escalate American involvement in Vietnam by sending more troops to war. This stimulated an anti-war movement and his domestic policies failed.