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"Nixon entitled one chapter in his *No More Vietnams* 'How We Won the War.' Throughout all his writings and discussions of the way the war ended, Nixon insisted that the 27 January [1973] agreement was a solid peace that could have preserved an independent South Vietnam indefinitely. When the North Vietnamese violated the agreement, he would have retaliated against them. But his presidency soon became enmeshed in the Watergate scandal, and as a result, it was impossible for him to exercise his authority as commander in chief. He claimed that he was prepared to renew bombing of North Vietnam just when White House counsel John Dean began talking to prosecutors about Watergate in the spring of 1973. Further, because of Watergate, he and his successor were not able to deliver adequate supplies and economic aid to South Vietnam in 1974 and 1975. In the chapter of *No More Vietnams* titled 'How We Lost the Peace,' Nixon complained that 'Congress proceeded to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.' https://delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=3674 _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
