Nixon Doctrine

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Cold War policy United States foreign policy 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.

Aliases (1)

Vietnamization policy ×1

Statements (49)

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 → surface form: "Vietnamization policy in South Vietnam"
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 of America → surface form: "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	Detente → surface form: "Cold War détente" 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 →

Referenced by (5)

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

Reagan Doctrine → follows → Nixon Doctrine →

United States foreign policy → historicalDoctrine → Nixon Doctrine →

Carter Doctrine → relatedTo → Nixon Doctrine →

Eisenhower Doctrine → replacedBy → Nixon Doctrine →

Nixon administration → significantEvent → Nixon Doctrine →

this entity surface form: "Vietnamization policy"