Vietnaminization Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird told Nixon that the problems involved in executing the exit strategy in Vietnam were because the U.S. and its generals wanted to oversee too much and maintain control of operations as opposed to simp Continue Reading...
Introduction It took two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, for the last of the American prisoners to be released by Hanoi and American troops to exit South Vietnam. The closing of an eight-year long war in Vietnam ended. Saigon Continue Reading...
Cambodian Incursion represented a major turning point for American sentiment towards its participation in the Vietnam War (Nolan, 1990, p. xiii). Authorized by President Nixon, it was hoped that this offensive would secure the future of South Vietnam Continue Reading...
In the aftermath of the war, these acts would be called into question given America's ultimate and necessary abandonment of the war. Accordingly, Hickman reports that "on January 15, 1973, after pressuring South Vietnam to accept the peace deal, Nix Continue Reading...
Presidential Elections Because of the extreme conditions of the 1930s depression, the New Deal under Franklin Roosevelt went further in expanding the powers of the federal government than any previous administration in history, certainly far beyond Continue Reading...
Changing Nature of Warfare According to generals like Rupert Smith and David Petraeus, postmodern conflict is radically different from warfare between industrialized states, such as the American Civil War and the world wars of the 20th Century. It d Continue Reading...
Change Through Rapprochement Egon Bahr's concept of "change through rapprochement" never really had prospects for success as the subsequent years showed and as hindsight, which always sees 20/20, indicates. The Communist case for "demarcation" for i Continue Reading...
