So.........he takes office...........he escalates the bombing of the north..........and orders and invasion of Cambodia............where Angor Wat is.........



A second example of escalation was Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia.  In mid-1970, Nixon ordered an invasion of a part of Cambodia.  He did so because North Vietnamese troops had been using this part of Cambodia as a safe haven.  They would retreat across the border and the US would not attack them there.  Nixon wanted to end this practice and therefore ordered the invasion.  This was seen as a major escalation of the war.