Nixon Doctrine

American  

noun

1. the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.

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Nixon Doctrine

This is exactly what President Nixon did when he announced the so-called Nixon Doctrine in summer of 1969 as being at center of his Vietnam exit strategy.

From Time ● Jan. 14, 2013

Q. Do you have in mind anything that could come to be labeled as, say, comparable to the Nixon Doctrine, or his "generation of peace"?

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To be sure, all of these trends are embryonic, and there are those who doubt that the Nixon Doctrine has caused any real change.

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As a high U.S. diplomat in Phnom-Penh put it: "If Cambodia doesn't qualify for aid under the Nixon Doctrine, who does?"

From Time Magazine Archive

The Nixon Doctrine of 1969 deputized friendly regional strongmen, notably the Shah of Iran, to protect the neighborhood against Soviet aggression.

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