Why Nixon Won The Vietnam War

Early in the year 1968, President Lyndon Johnson realized he lost the support of the Americans. He had announced that he was no longer going to be sending troops, which was putting a limit on the United States promise and from there the only thing that could have been done was to completely disengage. Richard Nixon was elected that year; he promised voter’s ‘peace with honor,’ which to Nixon described the Paris Peace Accord to end the Vietnam war. But of course this was more easily said than done; peace talks were going on but there was little dedication from either side and they made very slight progress.
At this time, Nixon had created a plan; ‘Vietnamization,’ which practically meant they would withdraw the U.S. troops and have the South Vietnamese army do more of the fighting. As their forces became more capable the U.S. forces would be withdrawn from combat and return to the United States. At the same time he would be removing the U.S. forces, Nixon was providing the South Vietnamese with modern equipment and weapons, this was all part of this “Vietnamization” plan. Nixon was able to eventually win back the U.S. promise, but their confidence suffered as some enlisted troops were still fighting a war the country had given up on.
troops in Vietnam were barely fighting; in April of 1972 the North Vietnamese attacked the South in a traditional invasion with tanks. Even though the U.S. helped the South Vietnamese turn the attack back, it was terribly defeated. At this point, Nixon’s administration was falling apart; the Watergate scandal and the pentagon papers, which were secret documents revealing the secret bombings and other details were published and the U.S. people were mad. Overall, Nixon’s policy was trying to withdraw while trying to avoid being defeated, but unfortunately his confidentiality and paranoid brought down his