The goal of President Nixon's foreign policy was to
A) uphold democratic values and contain communism through the use of military force.
B) prevent South Vietnam from falling to communism, whatever the cost in American lives.
C) achieve a stable balance of power among the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.
D) guarantee that the United States had access to oil from the Middle Eastern nations.

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Nixon aimed to establish a stable balance of power among major world powers, notably the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, through détente and opening relations with China, rather than focusing solely on military solutions or specific regional issues.

The Goal of President Nixon's Foreign Policy Was to