mutual assured destruction was the american policy toward the end of the vietnam war.
mutual assured destruction was the american policy toward the end of the vietnam war.
what was the american policy toward the end of the vietnam war?
mutual assured destruction
the reagan doctrine was especially significant because it represented a substantial shift in the post–world war ii foreign policy of the united states. prior to the reagan doctrine, u.s. foreign policy in the cold war was rooted in "containment", as originally defined by george f. kennan, john foster dulles, and other post–world war ii u.s. foreign policy experts. in january 1977, four years prior to becoming president, reagan bluntly stated, in a conversation with richard v. allen, his basic expectation in relation to the cold war. "my idea of american policy toward the soviet union is simple, and some would say simplistic," he said. "it is this: we win and they lose. what do you think of that?"
reagan doctrine
on 3 november 1969, president richard m. nixon made a televised speech laying out his policy toward vietnam. he promised to continue to support the south vietnamese government (through vietnamization) and held out a plan for the withdrawal of american combat troops. this "silent majority" speech, not the tet offensive, marked the real watershed of the american involvement. in it, nixon permanently altered the nature of the issue. "no longer was the question "whether" the united states was going to get out, but rather "how" and "how fast"." nixon's policy toward the media was to reduce as far as possible the american public's interest in and knowledge of the war in vietnam. he began by sharply limiting the press's access to information within vietnam itself.
united states news media and the vietnam war