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1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until US forces were withdrawn in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian civil wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

competition to explore space between USA and USSR

1973 oil crisis

1973 petroleum shortage

policy of only recognizing one state of China

1968 United States presidential election

46th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

foreign policy espoused by U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1969

1972 Nixon visit to China

official United States visit to the People's Republic of China, leading to establishment of diplomatic relations

USA-led campaign against illegal drug use and trade

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

arms control treaty between the US and the USSR

silent majority

concept in politics

1972 United States presidential election

47th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

Kent State shootings

1970 shootings in Kent, Ohio, US during student-led protest of Vietnam War

1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold

1970s energy crisis

subclass of energy crisis

feature of Richard Nixon's foreign policy

Vietnamization was a policy enacted in early 1969 by the Richard Nixon administration aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by expanding, equipping, and training the South Vietnamese armed forces (ARVN) and increasing their combat role, while at the same reducing involvement of U.S. combat troops. The policy of Vietnamization, despite its successful execution, was ultimately a failure as the improved ARVN forces were unable to stop North Vietnam and its People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The South Vietnamese government collapsed with the fall of Saigon in April 1975 and north and s

Endangered Species Act of 1973

United States law

United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level

1973–75 recession

period of economic stagnation in the Western world

presidency of Richard Nixon

37th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (1969-1974)

second inauguration of Richard Nixon

47th United States presidential inauguration

US call sign of presidental plane

first inauguration of Richard Nixon

46th United States presidential inauguration

Richard Nixon's resignation speech

address given by the President of the United States in 1974

Attack on the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum

carried out by the Black September Organization on March 01, 1973

Cold War (1962–1979)

phase of the Cold War between 1962–1979

Nixon White House tapes

audio recordings of U.S. President Richard Nixon, administration officials, and White House staff, made between 1971 and 1973

1970 CIA covert operation in Chile

Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing

Nixon goes to China

political metaphor referring to Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China

Operation Giant Lance

1969 secret U.S. nuclear alert operation