Nixon Unit 4

What were the aspects of Nixon’s Grand Design?

First rethinking of American foreign policy. Detente ( relaxation of tensions - defrost the cold war with the soviets )

What issues for the Soviets made them more open to Nixon’s detente?

The Soviets were very poor and needed food for their people, willing to work with the US to get US wheat.

What is the Nixon Doctrine?

 lets our allies carry some of the weight on containment. allows allies to build militia to help with containment costs of communism

What is its effect on arms sales?  How does the doctrine destabilize parts of the world?

US military arms to other nations to reach $10 billion per year, and raised oil prices to pay for the weapons. And frequently used the weapons on their own people.

Explain why Nixon "Vietnamized" the war.  What, and why, effect did this have on American military forces in Vietnam?

• US ground troops leave, ARVN takes over, Nixon promised he would end the Vietnam war, so he has to continue fulfilling that promise. 

Why did Nixon feel the need to bomb and invade Cambodia?

• To destroy the Ho Chi Minh trail which was now pushing into Cambodia.The US bombed Cambodia to destroy arms depot, US ground troops penetrated into Cambodia, which we were not at war with at all. 

 What was American reaction?  What happened in Cambodia as a result?

• Public reaction: not as thrilled, restarted the antiwar movement 

• US troops kept leaving. Morale and discipline dropped 

Identify the provisions of the Paris Peace Treaty (1973).

The Paris Peace Accords, signed on January 27, 1973, established a ceasefire in Vietnam, a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops and advisors, and the return of prisoners of war. The agreement also included provisions for the reunification of Vietnam through peaceful means and the establishment of a National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord to oversee elections in South Vietnam

What role did Watergate play in ending US involvement in Vietnam?

Congress took control of policy in vietnam. Congress cut military spending for south vietnam, air power was took away

Khmer Rouge

A communist in Cambodia that met with the North Viet Minh and eventually gained power in Cambodia. Responsible for killing anywhere between 2-4 million Cambodians to destroy any Westernization.

SALT I

first limits on nuclear weapons