<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mwAXY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwAXc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mwAXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> declares the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_Doctrine" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nixon Doctrine">Nixon Doctrine</a>, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamization" id="mwAXo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnamization">Vietnamization</a>" of the war.