Richard Nixon in Vietnam

Nixon served as president from 1969 to 1974, during the time of the Vietnam war.  Nixon’s strategy in the war was as the “peacemaker.”  He tried to find a way to keep North and South Vietnam at peace, while still keeping both countries stable and happy.  He also did not want to back out of South Vietnam, because they were not communist and were our ally.  It would have also looked bad to the United States if he pulled out of the war so early, because it would have been perceived as a loss to the United States.  He also had to enlarge the war into Cambodia in order to be able to get out of Vietnam.  This angered people because he promised that he would take troops out and lessen the war effort.