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The Economist: Kissinger on avoiding world war
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The Importance of Domestic Factors in American Leadership
When Nixon and Kissinger with him took office in 1969, the country had already soured on the war in Vietnam. The administration made a pledge to bring the war to what Nixon called an honorable end. They reasoned that a strong position diplomatically would have to start with a strong one militarily. And they knew that the North Vietnamese were using bases in neighbouring Cambodia to store and transport weapons. In 1969, Nixon authorised American bombing of Cambodia, a neutral country in the war. It was kept secret from the Cambodians, Congress and the American public. America's ability to lead internationally has always relied to a certain extent on domestic factors,. on political leadership and on what the public wants.
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