Richard Nixon has one the most complex terms in US History he did a lot of good things but also did a lot of bad things that shaded his term. Watergate and Vietnamization to name a few.
Vietnamization |
Vietnamization was one of the worst decisions of the Cold War. Nixon gradually removed American troops and increased the military supplies to the ARVN. This dragged out the war by four years. It drove up the inflation rate into the double digits. It increased dissension among the american people. Nixon also disregarded the Constitution when he extended war into Cambodia and Laos. He eventually lost the war because of this strategy.
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