How did the war in Vietnam affect Nixon’s presidency, from his campaign in 1968 to the Watergate scandel?

Answer 1

The VietNam War helped get Nixon elected in 1968. Johnson's Vice President, Hubert Humphrey ran but could not shake the fact that he was part of the administration of a war that was going badly. What also hurt Humphrey was that George Wallace, a southern Democrat, ran and won some of the southern states.

Nixon preached "Peace with Honor" which helped him get elected. However, once in office he found himslef stuck like Johnson was: how do you quit? He was unable to say that America lost the war and, as a result, bring ther troops home.

His message was that he spoke for the "silent majority" which angered the young protest movement that was going on at the time. He created a bigger divide than the one he inherited.

He also expanded the VietNam War by bombing Laos and Cambodia. This extension of the war enraged his critics and ensured the war was not ending soon.

The beginning of the end of the VietNam War came toward the end of Nixon's Presidency. It is possible that having to deal with the Watergate scandal may have hindered his ability to oversee the war effort, but I don't believe the two issues affected each other all that much.

Answer 2

Certainly it had a major part of the Nixon administration, but it was his own ego that did him in. Vietnam was just a tragic war that he had inherited for the Johnson and Kennedy eras. Feel free to IM me about this wonderful topic.

Answer 3

The war spread to Cambodia and US bombing of NVA(North Vietnamese Army)supply sites on the Vietnam-Cambodian border in 1970 helped turn the Cambodian People Pro Khmer Rouge.

Answer 4

He was praised for bringing out Troops home.

Something I think the present Administration could do about Iraq, if they weren't so afraid of being "embarrassed." - Political Vanity sometimes trumps human life.

Nixon also introduced and passed a bill to give Social Security recipients a periodical increase ... i,e, Cost of Living. This was to insure that a fixed income would not fall short in times of inflation.