Nixon's policies in Vietnam: Vietnamisation; extension into Cambodia and Laos; relations with China; the beginning of the Paris peace talks
When Nixon became US president in 1969, he tried to end the Vietnam War by training South Vietnamese troops to fight alone. At the same time, he opened diplomatic talks with China to put pressure on North Vietnam.
Real World
Nixon's 1972 visit to Beijing — the first by a sitting US president — was broadcast on American prime-time television, signalling a strategic realignment that Hanoi could not ignore, since China was North Vietnam's key backer.
Exam Focus
Avoid saying Nixon 'ended' the war — the Paris Peace Accords (1973) suspended fighting; South Vietnam fell in 1975, a distinction mark schemes reward.
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