Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nixon was continuing the Vietnamization process. In April of 1970, he announced that another 150,000 American troops would be sent to Vietnam by the end of the year...
...days later, Nixon--reportedly feeling energized after watching the movie Patton--decided to send troops into Cambodia to clear out Vietcong sanctuaries, Rather and Gates write...
...surprisingly, the Cambodia invasion triggered hundreds of protests, especially on college campuses. A telegram sent by college and university presidents around the country asked Nixon to "consider the incalculable dangers of an unprecedented alienation of America's youth," according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education published at the time...
...Nixon appeared disdainful of the student protesters and did little to improve his relations with them...
When leaving a Pentagon briefing, Nixon reportedly made a passing comment about "these bums...blowing up the campuses." He unfavorably contrasted student activists with the soldiers serving in Vietnam who "stand tall, and they're proud...