This investigation will explore the question: to what extent did Nixon achieve the ‘Peace with Honor’ in the Vietnam war? The scope of my research will assess Nixon’s ‘Peace of Honor’ statement given to Vietnam in the early 1970s to see if Nixon kept his words or not to South Vietnam to have peace with North Vietnam after the Vietnam war. The method used to gather evidence of whether or not Nixon’s achieved the ‘Peace of Honor’ will be determined by the range of primary and secondary sources, compare and contrast of the evidences, as well as evaluating the origin and purpose of my sources for their values and limitations. Two sources- the New Republic Editorial ‘Peace with Honor’ and General text by John Traynor focused on modern United States
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Until 1954 when the Geneva agreement occurred, which allowed Laos and Cambodia to be independent and Vietnam was temporarily divided into two states at the 17th parallel. Whereas North Vietnam was recognized for Ho Chi Minh’s government and South having its own separate government for the time being. This led to elections planned to be held to determine South’s government, but no elections were held in 1956. Therefore resulted in the civil war between the North and South Vietnam bringing in the involvement of the United States as well.
For America, the ‘Peace with Honor’ began a year early in 1972 when the Americans public opinions would not allow any more American troops being sent to Vietnam. As well as the Vietcong taking over the western half of the country putting Nixon under more pressure to withdraw. Whereas for Vietnam, the ‘Peace with Honor’ began on January 23, 1973 when President Nixon broadcasted his speech to the United States of its withdraw to let Vietnam handle its own situation without getting involved …show more content…
Nixon’s ‘Peace with Honor’ significance in the Vietnam war can show either the justification or discrediting of the Americans involvement in the war. Due to the events which occurred, the United States involve itself within a war with smaller nations attempting to stop the spread of communism due to the belief of the domino theory would occur if South Vietnam was to become
Until 1954 when the Geneva agreement occurred, which allowed Laos and Cambodia to be independent and Vietnam was temporarily divided into two states at the 17th parallel. Whereas North Vietnam was recognized for Ho Chi Minh’s government and South having its own separate government for the time being. This led to elections planned to be held to determine South’s government, but no elections were held in 1956. Therefore resulted in the civil war between the North and South Vietnam bringing in the involvement of the United States as well.
For America, the ‘Peace with Honor’ began a year early in 1972 when the Americans public opinions would not allow any more American troops being sent to Vietnam. As well as the Vietcong taking over the western half of the country putting Nixon under more pressure to withdraw. Whereas for Vietnam, the ‘Peace with Honor’ began on January 23, 1973 when President Nixon broadcasted his speech to the United States of its withdraw to let Vietnam handle its own situation without getting involved …show more content…
Nixon’s ‘Peace with Honor’ significance in the Vietnam war can show either the justification or discrediting of the Americans involvement in the war. Due to the events which occurred, the United States involve itself within a war with smaller nations attempting to stop the spread of communism due to the belief of the domino theory would occur if South Vietnam was to become