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In three pages this sample presents a policy paper Philip Caputo, who served as a lieutenant in the Vietnam War, might have written advising Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign regarding the U.S. Vietnam policy. Included are references to Caputo’s memoir A Rumor of War, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NSC-68. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGnixcap.rtf
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Republican Party nominated former Vice President Richard M. Nixon as its candidate for President in the November election. The future involvement of U.S. troops in Vietnam was a primary
concern and a political hot potato since it was the public perceptions of President Lyndon Johnsons handling of the war that ended his hopes for reelection. Nixon had delivered
rhetoric proclaiming he would offer strong leadership and a change in Vietnam policy, but gave little in the way of specifics as to whether or not U.S. participation in the
war would continue after he became Chief Executive. For this reason, the Nixon campaign consulted an expert on the conflict as it was presently being fought. Philip Caputo
had been a lieutenant in the Marine Corps and a member of the first group of soldiers (the 9th Expeditionary Brigade) to be deployed to Vietnam in March of 1965.
He served in the rifle company, was reassigned to a desk position compiling casualty lists, and later returned to a rifle company before he returned to the United States
in 1966. Caputos descriptions of his wartime experiences were featured in his memoir, A Rumor of War, first published in 1967. The following represents what Caputos policy paper
to the Nixon campaign about the conduct of the conflict might have looked like. In many ways, the Vietnam conflict was an extension of the Korean War. The Cold
War ideology that dictated a delicate balance of power must be maintained between democracy and communism resulted in an arms race that was begun by President Harry S. Truman and
continued through the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. The groundwork for the U.S. policy regarding Vietnam was laid shortly after the Second
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