Richard Nixon and Detente
_- 37th president, 1968
- Promised to end Vietnam war
- Pulled troops but increased bombing campaign, implemented Vietnamization
- Began a policy of Detente to lessen Cold War tensions
- Examples of Detente:
- Nuclear and Strategic Parity: Russians caught the U.S. in most military areas (caused them to think of other options)
- Early Success
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Signed by Johnson in 1968 (France and China do not sign it)
-Resigned after being implemented in Watergate scandal, 1972
- Promised to end Vietnam war
- Pulled troops but increased bombing campaign, implemented Vietnamization
- Began a policy of Detente to lessen Cold War tensions
- Examples of Detente:
- Nuclear and Strategic Parity: Russians caught the U.S. in most military areas (caused them to think of other options)
- Early Success
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Signed by Johnson in 1968 (France and China do not sign it)
-Resigned after being implemented in Watergate scandal, 1972
Summary
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Richard Nixon, the 37th American President, began Vietnamization and the policy of detente (strategy to lessen Cold War tensions). The Watergate Scandal caused him to resign, but detente continued. Examples of it was the Nuclear Strategic Parity, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Ostpolitik.
Richard Nixon, the 37th American President, began Vietnamization and the policy of detente (strategy to lessen Cold War tensions). The Watergate Scandal caused him to resign, but detente continued. Examples of it was the Nuclear Strategic Parity, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Ostpolitik.
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