While Johnson's programs kept untold numbers of Americans out of poverty, gave others basic health care, and ensured the fundamental rights of citizenship for minorities, in Southeast Asia, millions of Vietnamese lost their lives and homes, more than 58,000 American military personnel lost their lives, and hundreds of thousands more would have their lives permanently altered. At a time when Americans were reshaping the locus of power at home, events in Vietnam were raising serious questions about how America should use its clout abroad. The legacies of death, renewal, and opportunity attached to the Johnson administration are ironic, confusing, and uncertain.
The Vietnam War and Watergate diminished the power of the President and increased the power of Congress. LBJ lied about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and got the USA into a quagmire in Vietnam, which ended when the peace treaty was signed in 1973. It really ended when the USA gave up on South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in 1975. President Richard Nixon covered up what he knew about the break in of Democratic Party Offices at the Watergate Hotel in 1972 and was forced to resign in 1974. Vietnam and Watergate, LBJ and Richard Nixon, abused the power of the Presidency and the Congress took back some of the powers of the President of the USA, that the person who held the office had prior to 1964 and the lie that was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
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His commitment to containing communism
President Johnson's ultimate goal in Vietnam was to disengage without losing the war. This was back in history.
He was committed to maintaining an independent South Vietnam and to achieving success in Southeast Asia.
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His commitment to containing communism
Nixon sought to correct the public ill will over Vietnam through rehabilitation policies.
He may have visited there but he was not a wartime president during the Vietnam war. It was over for the US before he gained the office of the presidency.
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The Fall of Saigon, which occurred on April 30, 1975, happened during the presidency of Gerald Ford. It marked the end of the Vietnam War.
During his presidency, President Gerald Ford accomplished a number of important things. He effectively ended the Vietnam War, for instance during his administration.
He decided not to run for re-election because he said he wanted to only work at getting the troops out of Vietnam