Nixon and Vietnam Archives - R. Lawson Author https://rlawsonauthor.com/tag/nixon-and-vietnam/ Intelligent Thrillers Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:47:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 55015724 The Vietnam War Revisited- Part XXVI – It’s Not Over Yet https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxvi-its-not-over-yet/ https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxvi-its-not-over-yet/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:57:07 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=1184 Just when you thought the Vietnam war was winding down following Nixon’s landslide reelection in November 1972, it was just getting started in regards to the magnitude and extent of the targeted bombing. Nixon released the ‘Dogs of War’ after exhaustive attempts for a settlement with North Vietnam failed. Here’s the background. By 1972, the […]

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]]> https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxvi-its-not-over-yet/feed/ 0 1184 The Vietnam War Revisited- Part XXV – Nixon Landslide https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxv-nixon-landslide/ https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxv-nixon-landslide/#respond Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:05:00 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=1182 Despite the ongoing domestic chaos and anti-war activism, Richard Milhouse Nixon won the November, 1972 Presidential election in a landslide, carrying 49 of 50 States. Many issues contributed to his reelection. As with almost anything associated with the Vietnam War, the factors leading to his landslide victory involved complicated dynamics. Nixon’s Democrat opponent, George McGovern, […]

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]]> https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxv-nixon-landslide/feed/ 0 1182 The Vietnam War Revisited- Part XXIV – Upping the Ante https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxiv-upping-the-ante/ https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xxiv-upping-the-ante/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2020 18:23:47 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=1180 Nixon continued the phased drawdown of our combat troops on his timetable, not Congress’ recently proposed accelerated one-year withdrawal program. He ignored the anti-war riots, the background political noise, and intensified the air war to offset his Vietnamization Doctrine of fewer U.S. ground forces serving in combat roles. One of the most dramatic examples of […]

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