CSPAN3 Lectures In History January 24, 2016
Let me give you a couple of case studies here to think about. What we will talk about today, first of all, i want to talk about the case that occurred not that long ago in my lifetime at least. Richard nixon was president in 1969, he inherited the vietnam war. As you know. Reports came to him that the north Vietnamese Forces were seeking sanctuary in then neutral cambodia. They were using that as a safe place, if you will, to launch invasions, operations against the south are in starting when nixon began to authorize the bombing of targets in cambodia. In 1970, the First American Ground Forces...