Nixon Doctrine

During his first year in office President Nixon outlined the Guam Doctrine later called the Nixon Doctrine, in which it was stated that although the United States would continue to provide material and economic support to its friends and allies who were fighting the Communists, those friends and allies must assume the primary responsibility for their own defense.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

2 This new policy soon came to be known as the Nixon Doctrine and expanded beyond Asia to other regions of the globe.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

2 This new policy soon came to be known as the Nixon Doctrine and expanded beyond Asia to other regions of the globe.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

In the end the war claimed some 58,000 American lives, 20,000 after the declaration of Vietnamization and the Nixon Doctrine, as well as millions of Vietnamese from both sides.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

In the end the war claimed some 58,000 American lives, 20,000 after the declaration of Vietnamization and the Nixon Doctrine, as well as millions of Vietnamese from both sides.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

To a considerable extent, in fact, the great postwar strategic pronouncements -- the Truman Doctrine, the Eisenhower Doctrine, the Nixon Doctrine, and especially the Carter Doctrine -- were all tied to the protection of these “filling stations.”

Michael T. Klare: Twenty-First Century Energy Superpower: China, Energy, and Global Power 2010

To a considerable extent, in fact, the great postwar strategic pronouncements -- the Truman Doctrine, the Eisenhower Doctrine, the Nixon Doctrine, and especially the Carter Doctrine -- were all tied to the protection of these “filling stations.”

Michael T. Klare: Twenty-First Century Energy Superpower: China, Energy, and Global Power 2010

This seems to confirm the Nixon Doctrine, “If the President does it, it is not illegal”.

The Bu$hWorld Report 2008

The effort to build up Afghan government forces is reminiscent of the Nixon Doctrine, whereby a strengthened Vietnamese army was supposed to take over from U.S. soldiers.

Quagmire in the brain 2008

In our own time, the Nixon Doctrine of presidential lawlessness is being used far more vigorously than Tricky Dick ever would have dared.

The insolence of office 2007