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Getting Out: Melvin Laird and the Origins of Vietnamization
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Prentice, David L.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226597455
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2008, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, History (Arts and Sciences).
Abstract
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird was instrumental in initiating America’s withdrawal from Vietnam. Laird’s Vietnamization program – the policy of improving South Vietnamese military capabilities while withdrawing American troops – became the centerpiece of President Richard Nixon’s strategy to end the American War in Vietnam. Vietnamization reflected Laird’s commitment to the preservation of the Republic of Vietnam as well as his determination to quell domestic dissent. In 1969, Laird worked to secure presidential approval for Vietnamization and then keep Nixon’s National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, from replacing it with a more militant foreign policy. Laird ultimately succeeded, and the Nixon administration continued withdrawing U.S. troop from South Vietnam on a regular basis.
Committee
Chester J. Pach, Jr., PhD (Committee Chair)
Marvin Fletcher, PhD (Committee Member)
Kevin Mattson, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
166 p.
Subject Headings
History
Keywords
Vietnamization
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Laird
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Nixon
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Kissinger
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Vietnam War
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Iraq War
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Republic of Vietnam
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troop withdrawal
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South Vietnam
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1968
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secretary of defense
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Prentice, D. L. (2008).
Getting Out: Melvin Laird and the Origins of Vietnamization
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226597455
APA Style (7th edition)
Prentice, David.
Getting Out: Melvin Laird and the Origins of Vietnamization.
2008. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226597455.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Prentice, David. "Getting Out: Melvin Laird and the Origins of Vietnamization." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226597455
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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