On 2 November 1976, Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th…
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October 1970: Proposed Ceasefire and Start of the Khmer Republic
On 7 October 1970, US President Richard Nixon proposed a ceasefire…
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3 November 1969: President Nixon’s “Silent Majority” Speech
On 3 November 1969, President Nixon addressed the American nation…
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25 July 1969: Nixon Doctrine Announced in Guam
On a stopover at the American air force base in…
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18 March 1969: Operation Menu and Secret Carpet Bombing in Cambodia
More than a year since the start of the Tết…
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5 November 1968: Richard Nixon Elected 37th President of the United States
On 5 November 1968, Richard Milhous Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey…
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31 March 1968: President Lyndon B. Johnson Announces Bombing Halt in Vietnam
On 31 March 1968, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announced…
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August 1967: US Secretary of Defence Robert McNamara Testifies that Bombing is Ineffective in Vietnam
Despite a relatively optimistic view of the war at the…
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October-November 1961: More American aid sent to South Vietnam
In October 1961, top Kennedy aides General Maxwell Taylor and…
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12 May 1961: Lyndon B. Johnson visits the Republic of Vietnam
On 12 May 1961, as part of his tour of…
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