Therefore, in late 1969 Nixon decided that the only way to appease Americans at home, while preserving nation's honor was to slowly withdraw American forces, reassuring South Vietnam that air power would be enough to cover the extraction; increase bombing the North to force them into negotiating. ... He felt that his power needed to end the war, was being undermined by the protestors. ... In the light of above events, Nixon was concerned about the next presidential elections. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Following a Japanese surrender in 1945 the Vietminh seized power and proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi, also known as the DRV. ... He was reduced from Presidential roles and policy began to be shaped by others. ...

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In his book Johnson, Nixon, and the Doves, historian Melvin Small chronicles the anti-Vietnam War movement with much detail as he discusses the link between the decisions of the Johnson and Nixon administrations concerning the Vietnam War and the stream of protests that accompanied the war. Small's...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate