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1968 presidential election
Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey by less than 1 percentage point in poular vote, His administration brought a new approach towards the Cold War: reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China. -
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De-Americanization in Vietnam
Nixon commanded the American troop withdrawl, which reduced the troop count from 543,000 in the spring of 1969 to 156,800 by the end of 1971, and to 60,000 by the fall of 1972 -
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Nixon's Détente
A new relationship of détente with the Soviet Union—increased cooperation with Moscow through negotiations within a general environment of competition. Trying
American concessions in one area of the superpower relationship to positive results on issues of special importance to the United States. -
SALT
This treaty seeks an arms control between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers at existing levels and provided for the addition of new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launchers only after the same number of older intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and SLBM launchers had been dismantled. SALT I led to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and an interim agreement between the two countries. -
visit by Richard Nixon to China
After the Zhou-Kissinger shock in 1971, a visit by Nixon to the Red China was an important strategic and diplomatic overture that marked the culmination of the Nixon administration's resumption of harmonious relations between the U.S. and the PRC after years of diplomatic isolation. -
Paris Peace Accords
The ending of US involvement in Vietnam -
Nixon's resign
Nixon resigned from the office due to the breakout of Watergate Scandal.