Richard M. Nixon
president Nixon
January 23, 1973. -American Pagent APUSH Book
A temperature of -4C in Northern Vietnam on January 12, 2011 is believed to be the coldest temperature recorded in Vietnam
Hawks believed Vietnam was a crucial front in the Cold War
He was more concerned about Laos than Vietnam. He apparently believed that that is where the trouble might start.
He feared a communist takeover in Southeast Asia if the United States left Vietnam.
That was LBJs program; Nixon concentrated on Vietnam.
President Johnson believed that the US could defeat north Vietnam because the US had won WWII with firepower, and the US had the most firepower on earth during the Vietnam War.
A temperature of -4C in Northern Vietnam on January 12, 2011 is believed to be the coldest temperature recorded in Vietnam
In January 1973, an agreement reached and U.S. forces were withdrawn from Vietnam and U.S. prisoners of war were released.
The country that President Eisenhower believed would be the first to fall to communism in Asia was Vietnam.