Nixon Doctrine

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The Nixon Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy announced in 1969 that emphasized supporting allies with aid and arms rather than committing large numbers of American ground troops, particularly in Asia.

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Generate an image of the Nixon Doctrine (The Nixon Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy strategy announced in 1969 that emphasized supporting allies with aid and arms rather than committing large numbers of American ground troops, particularly in Asia.)

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Nixon Doctrine canonical 12
Nixon Doctrine in Vietnam 1
U.S. defense policy in the 1970s 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War policy ⓘ
United States foreign policy doctrine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guam Doctrine ⓘ
announcedAt Guam ⓘ
announcedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
announcedDuring presidency of Richard Nixon ⓘ
appliedIn U.S. support for Iran under the Shah ⓘ
U.S. support for Saudi Arabia ⓘ
U.S. support for other regional allies in Asia ⓘ
Vietnamization policy in South Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Vietnamization
appliesToJurisdiction Asia ⓘ
Pacific region ⓘ
global U.S. alliance system ⓘ
corePrinciple United States would honor all treaty commitments ⓘ
United States would provide a nuclear shield for allies ⓘ
United States would provide military and economic assistance to allies ⓘ
allies should provide the primary manpower for their own defense ⓘ
encouragement of regional self-reliance ⓘ
reduction of direct U.S. ground combat involvement ⓘ
support for allies with aid and arms rather than large U.S. troop deployments ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs burden-sharing doctrine ⓘ
strategy of supporting allies without large U.S. ground forces ⓘ
followed Johnson administration’s large-scale troop commitment in Vietnam ⓘ
hasEffect greater military responsibilities for regional partners ⓘ
increased arms sales to allies ⓘ
reduced likelihood of large-scale U.S. ground deployments ⓘ
shift from direct intervention to indirect support ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War détente ⓘ
linked to: Detente

Vietnam War ⓘ
inception 1969 ⓘ
influencedBy U.S. budgetary and military strain in the late 1960s ⓘ
public opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
mainSubject U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
burden-sharing with allies ⓘ
military intervention ⓘ
namedAfter Richard Nixon ⓘ
partOf United States strategy of containment ⓘ
policyObjective containment of communism with reduced U.S. casualties ⓘ
lowering U.S. defense burdens ⓘ
maintaining U.S. global influence through allies ⓘ
relatedTo Carter Doctrine ⓘ
Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ
Truman Doctrine ⓘ
Vietnamization ⓘ
statedIn Nixon’s address to the nation on the Vietnam War ⓘ
press conference in Guam ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eisenhower Doctrine → replacedBy → Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
Nixon administration → significantEvent → Vietnamization policy ⓘ
linked to: Nixon Doctrine
Reagan Doctrine → follows → Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
Carter Doctrine → relatedTo → Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
Vietnamization → alsoKnownAs → Nixon Doctrine in Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Nixon Doctrine
Vietnamization → partOf → Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
Vietnamization → relatedTo → Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
Détente → hasPolicyDoctrine → Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
subject linked to: Detente
Guam Doctrine → alsoKnownAs → Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
James Rodney Schlesinger → notableWork → U.S. defense policy in the 1970s ⓘ
subject linked to: James Rodney
linked to: Nixon Doctrine