| Abstrakt: |
Public opinion regarding American involvement in the Vietnam War sharply divided the nation after 1968. During April, 1970, without congressional authorization, President Nixon sent U.S. and allied South Vietnamese armed forces into neighboring and neutral Cambodia, attacking sanctuaries used by Vietnamese communist fighters there. Democratic Party leaders controlled both houses of Congress and opposed the Cambodian invasion. A series of legislative restrictions on the war were introduced, but most initiatives were blocked. In November, 1972, Nixon was reelected, defeating antiwar Democratic candidate George McGovern. |
