Answer to Question #175594 in History for will

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shortly summarize, What did Nixon promise?

Answer 1

What he promised people about the realm of foreign policy Nixon achieved some successes. Nixon initiated diplomatic contacts with China with the assistance of Henry Kissinger (who served as Nixon's National Security Advisor and later as Secretary of State), and paid a well-received and fruitful visit to China in February 1972. The tour marked the beginning of a new period of US-Chinese ties. Fearful of the prospect of a US-Chinese coalition, the Soviet Union succumbed to US-led pressure for détente.

           Also the promise of to end America’s military involvement in Vietnam, which had been greatly escalated by his predecessor, President Johnson. Nixon's policy involved a clandestine bombing campaign against North Vietnamese bases in Cambodia, as well as the so-called "Vietnamization" of the conflict, in which American troops were replaced by Vietnamese forces. In 1975, Nixon ratified the Paris Peace Accords, authorizing the removal of residual American forces. In 1975, North Vietnam conquered South Vietnam.