Kissingers wars in the indochina. I call it a bigger game because that is exactly what nixon called it. Over and over again. He viewed this war in Southeast Asia as one element in this much bigger game of International Diplomacy he was playing in that time. It is all reflected in your readings, all the evolution in the International System. The chaos that was in america at the time. All these things shaped nixons presidency. They enabled it in the first place. They shape it through his entire time in office. Prettysin it is a complicated story, i thought i would start by making sure we understand the objectives and themes we will be looking at today. The objectives are, what we have in this case are two nations, both decisively engaged in an epic war. North vietnam and the United States. Both sides have committed all of their resources, which are very different. But each powerful in its own way. Both of those nations need to find an exit from the war. The North Vietnamese have been fig