Nixon wanted to weaken the communists low enough for the South Viet Government to handle the war when the US departed.
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Vietnam was not a war it was an action.
they were used to spark protest against America's involvement in the Vietnam War
Four war events that I consider major are 1) the continuation of US involvement in Vietnam from 1970 to 1975, 2) the Yom Kippur War of 1973 in which Israel fought Egypt and Syria, 3) The Lebanese Civil War which began in 1975 and lasted through 1980 and beyond, and 4) the beginning of the Soviet-Afghan War in 1980. There were many other conflicts between 1970 and 1980, some of them tied in with the Cold War and some not, but I regard these as minor instead of major. Almost forgot.....5) The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, one of several wars fought between India and Pakistan.
The TET offensive of 1968 is considered by many to have been the beginning of the US's end of involvement in Vietnam.
The movement against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War began in the U.S. with demonstrations in 1964 and grew in strength in later years. The U.S. became polarized between those who advocated continued involvement in Vietnam and those who wanted peace.