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Why Did Nixon Establish The Vietnam War

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A popular reason why the Nixon administration formed the Vietnamization policy was to decrease US casualties and construct an army known as ARVN to gradually take over the American troops roll in the war. Alongside these military goals was the additional political goal of creating a westernized stable government within South Vietnam thus popularizing the country.

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