Discussion Questions                                      

December 2, 2015

1.    Why does Nixon win in 1968?  What were the factors which contributed to his winning the presidency?

2.    From Nixon's speech on vietnamization, what was his analysis of the conflict?  Does his perception differ in any manner from the earlier   presidential and government statements on Vietnam that we have examined to this point?

3.    Why was Nixon the first president who was actually willing to end the war, when his predecessors had refused?

4.   What did Cronkite mean when he said that the U.S. was "mired in stalemate"?  What does the fact that Cronkite was making such a statement tell us about the U.S. at that time?