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I'm working on a an AH called Nixon's War, and i need advice

In it the Vietnam War is extended when Nixon decides to launch an all out assault into North Vietnam to end the war once and for all no matter the cost. The initial offensive is slow, and efforts are made to keep the PRC out of the war, but to know avail.

The entry of the PRC strains relations and drags the war on indefinitely. The USSR ramps up its aid to the north, while the PRC directly engages US troops.

by the late '70s, protests in America become more and more aggressive. An attempted assassination attempt on Nixon's life and the deteriorating situation of the war prompt him to give himself emergency powers, while he also manages to cover up the Watergate Scandal. He gives himself full control of the military and has final say in all decisions made by officers.

The War is deemed a failure, and the Communist forces eventually go on a counterattack and take over South Vietnam, which due to the extended war doesn't fall until America withdraws(which only happens when almost all of S. Vietnam falls due to Nixon's plan to hold the southern part of the nation at all costs despite massive loss of life, turning into a "early Korean War", where the country only has a few territory left), so the war ends in the late '70's-early 80's


Nixon reigns as president-for-life until his death in 1994 from a stroke brought on by his heart condition.


From then on America continues to be ruled by an authoritarian military junta/with a president as a figurehead


A Vietnam War from 1955-1980ish. How likely(or more likely UNLIKELY) is this rather ASB situation? Who would rule modern(2011) America? Could you see Nixon giving himself emergency powers in a longer, more deadly war?
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