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Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War

The End of the American Century
  • ISBN-13: 9781442262263
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By David F. Schmitz
  • Price: AUD $76.99
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  • Local release date: 15/03/2016
  • Format: Paperback 186 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Military history [HBW]
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In Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, accomplished foreign relations historian David F. Shmitz provides students of US history and the Vietnam era with an up-to-date analysis of Nixon's Vietnam policy in a brief and accessible book that addresses the main controversies of the Nixon years. President Richard Nixon's first presidential term oversaw the definitive crucible of the Vietnam War. Nixon came into office seeking the kind of decisive victory that had eluded President Johnson, and went about expanding the war, overtly and covertly, in order to uphold a policy of "containment," protect America's credibility, and defy the left's antiwar movement at home. Tactically, politically, Nixon's moves made sense. However, by 1971 the president was forced to significantly de-escalate the American presence and seek a negotiated end to the war, which is now accepted as an American defeat, and a resounding failure of American foreign relations. Schmitz addresses the main controversies of Nixon's Vietnam strategy, and in so doing manages to trace back the ways in which this most calculating and perceptive politician wound up resigning from office a fraud and failure. Finally, the book seeks to place the impact of Nixon's policies and decisions in the larger context of post-World War II American society, and analyzes the full costs of the Vietnam War that the nation feels to this day.
Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Necessity of the War in Vietnam 2 The Middle Road to the White House 3 Nixon Takes Over 4 Expansion and Crisis 5 The End of the American Century 6 Denouement Conclusions Bibliographic Essay Index About the Author
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