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How Did Nixon's Failure To End The War In Vietnam

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However, Nixon added on to the losses in the war and the continuing of it for four more years. Even though Nixon had an agreement with Johnson not to do anything that would result in the undercut of the United States position, he went ahead and did it anyway. Nixon did not want Johnson to receive all the glory for stopping the ongoing war in Vietnam when his term was at its final days. Nixon received information from Richard Allen on the progress of the peace talks and made sure to convince Diem that they were not in his best interest. Nixon convinced Diem he’d come up with a better negotiation, Diem would only have to wait a couple weeks until Nixon was elected president. By the end of Johnson’s presidency he failed to end the war because

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