Nixon Vietnam War Analysis

Nixon’s principle objective was to reduce U.S involvement in the war, so he began the process called Vietnamization which gave the South Vietnam the money, the weapons, and the training that they need to take over the full conduct of the war. In return, the U.S troops would gradually withdraw from Vietnam. The president proclaimed the Nixon Doctrine, declaring that in the future Asian allies would receive U.S support but without the extensive use of U.S ground forces. Nixon’s Vietnamization process reduce the number of antiwar protests, but when the president expanded the war by using U.s forces to invade Cambodia in order to destroy Vietnam’s communist base, a nationwide protest occurred. U.S senate voted to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The court’s most controversial ruling was Roe V. Wade (1973) which the court struck down many state laws prohibiting abortions as a violation of a women’s right to

Within a few months, "Watergate" scandal which was a break-in at the offices of the Democratic National Committee during the 1972 campaign went beyond public humiliation of Nixon and his administration. The break-in was traced to officials of the Committee to re-elected president. Nixon denied any personal involvement, but secret tapes of White House conversations later revealed that the president had participated in efforts to cover up the criminal activity. The House Judiciary Committee voted three articles of impeachment: obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress. Further discrediting Nixon was the news that he had authorized 3,500 secret bombing raids in Cambodia, a neutral country. Also when the U.S supported Israel, it caused worldwide oil shortage and long lines at gas station in the United States as the Arab members of OPEC placed an embargo on oil sold to Israel’s supporters. More than that, the impact on U.S economy was worse because the country now suffered from inflation, unemployment, and low living