The Vietnam War

Nixon's strategy to gradually withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam and transfer responsibility to the South Vietnamese.

The policy initiated by Khrushchev in 1956 that denounced Stalin's policies, cult of personality, and purges.

The secret bombing campaign authorized by Nixon in Cambodia to disrupt North Vietnamese supply lines.

A country where the Soviet-controlled government was overthrown in 1956, leading to Soviet intervention to reinstate it.

An action Nixon took in Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese bases and supply lines.

The leader who replaced Khrushchev and enforced repressive domestic policies in the Soviet Union.

A protest against the Vietnam War at Kent State University that resulted in multiple deaths and injuries.

A country that spread its own brand of communism in Africa and Asia and resented Soviet leadership.

Widespread disillusionment with the Vietnam War in the US led to this.

The Brinkmanship policies during the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson led to this.

In regards to the draft Nixon ended draft calls in 1972 and abolished the draft in 1973.

The U-2 incident and Cuban Missile Crisis occurred during this president's administration.

An agreement that was signed in 1973 to end the war in Vietnam.

The presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba brought the world close to this disaster during the Cuban Missile Crisis.