Impact Of Nixon's Presidency On American Foreign And Domestic Policy

In the article, “Nixon's Second Term: Policy Prospects in the Middle East,” Malcolm Kerr discusses Richard Nixon’s first presidency, Nixon’s current state in his second term as commander in chief, and gives a hypothesis about what Nixon would do for the remainder of his term as President. I thoroughly enjoyed this article because often when you think about Nixon, you automatically think about the Watergate scandal and Nixon’s resignation from presidency. This article was written only months prior to the scandal surfacing, so it gives a neat perspective on the sentiments towards Nixon that is different than most post-scandal articles do.

Entering World War II in 1939, Nixon started working for the federal government for the Office of Emergency Management. He soon joined the navy in 1942 to help fight against the german, japanese, and italians. He was serving as an aviation ground officer and then rose to the rank of lieutenant commander. He got sent to the Pacific with the South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command. Almost fifteen months later he soon arrived in the United States. While Nixon was in the United States he was elected the U.S. House of Representatives. He defeated the five-term Democratic Congressman Jerry voorhis in a campaign that relied on Jerry’s communist actions. Nixon soon gained the reputation as an internationalist in foreign policies. He also had to

On another note, another event from Nixon’s presidency was his part in ending the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. There was a lot of secrecy going on during Nixon’s time in office and

The two cases that I will be comparing and contrasting are the. United State v. Nixons, 418 U.S.683 (1974) and Clinton v. Jones, 524 U.S. 417 (1997). Both former Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton attempt to use presidential privileges to dismiss lawsuits against them, but were unsuccessful. In the United States v. Nixon, Nixon filed a motion to quash the subpoena ordered by the Special Prosecutor to obtain certain tapes and documents regarding the Watergate scandal claiming an executive privilege. An executive privilege is the authority claimed by the President and other officials of the Executive Branch not to relinquish information that “would disrupt the functions or decision-making processes of the executive branch.” Executive

John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon held office during one of the most tumultuous eras in American history. Looking first at foreign policy, discuss the assumptions that Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon held and how they put those assumptions into practice - be sure to give special attention to Soviet-American relations and the Vietnam War. To what extent did Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon continue the policies established by Truman and Eisenhower? At the beginning of the 1960s, the majority of Americans believed they were embarking in a glorious age.

Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford are two figures who made pivotal addresses that have an influence on history. Nixon's resignation speech and Ford's pardon speech are significant moments that reflect the accountability and leadership of Nixon. Nixon's speech focuses on taking personal responsibility for his actions. Ford's speech emphasizes coming together and moving forward together. Nixon's resignation and Ford's pardon were both attempts to restore trust in the government and promote coming together among the nation.

In the historical fictional film we witnessed the effect of Nixon concealing events on the Vietnam War. In the film Nixon and the government has been hiding the truth from the people at that time current events from the Vietnam War. In stating that current event in Vietnam have been progressing when in reality they have been worsening. Secretary of State, in the film tells the press that all the events in Vietnam are improving, when he was told moments ago by a soldier from Vietnam that in his perspective it has gotten worse. So the Washington Post, a national newspaper post got confidential documents of what was really occurring in Vietnam.

Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, was born January 9th, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California. He completed his undergraduate studies at Whittier College and graduated from Duke University Law School in 1937. He then returned to California for practice law. In 1942, he and his wife Pat moved to Washington D.C. to work for the federal government. After a year, he was drafted in the U.S. Navy Reserve during World War 2. When he returned home, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. He had established that he was anti-communist which boosted his reputation. He was a “running mate” for Dwight D. Eisenhower and served only eight years as vice president. Nixon ran for president but lost the race to John F. Kennedy in 1960. He had also lost the election for the Governor of California to Pat Brown in 1962. He tried

Over President Nixon's presidency he had made significant changes to The United States which moreover helped the country has a whole. Along with adding new constitutional acts like: Environmental Protection Agency ,National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the Clean Air Act, President Nixon signed “Title lX” banning gender based discrimination. Included in this process, Nixon made sure schools would become desegregated in a peaceful manner. Nixon lowed voting age, ended Vietnam, and normalized ties with China, which consequently, are all successful things about Nixon's presidency which get forgotten so very easily.

Many people think that all Nixon did in his presidency was the watergate scandal, but in reality he helped stop Americans fighting in the Vietnam War. When Richard Nixon started in Office he was faced with the difficult task of trying to pull all US troops out of Vietnam. He decided to use a tactic he created called Vietnamization. The simple plan was to strengthen South Vietnam so they could fight the war by themselves. The plan involved many small steps which helped finally end our involvement in January 1973.

The 1960 presidential campaign showed to be historic in the invention of television for advertisements, news interviews and policy debates, something that would occupy Kennedy's youthful hands. Four debates were created between Nixon and Kennedy, and Nixon had his tactics helping him from the beginning of it. During them, he was slowly getting better from the flu and looked exhausted, and then when he came to the TV studio, Nixon decided to not wear much TV makeup, scared that the press would accuse him of trying to copy Kennedy's fresh looks of his tan skin. Even though he shaved, Nixon's "five o'clock shadow" showed on the cameras, and his gray suit blended into the gray background which was a difference from Kennedy's well-fitted dark suit. Nixon was still trying to

Yet, Nixon was being too modest by assigning responsibility for the war in Vietnam to the Johnson administration election, Nixon consistently criticized Johnson 's Vietnam policy.

In my opinion, the most contributory thing was diplomatic policy. When he was elected to be a president, the setup of the world was chaos, and the relations between the U.S and some countries were strained. At the same time, China has not established diplomatic relations with many countries as a socialist country. Firstly, Nixon dispatched Henry Alfred Kissinger to visit to China secretly, and they talked about relationship between China and the U.S. Then, they made a declaration that President Nixon would visit to China soon later. On February 21, 1972, President Nixon and his wife arrived in China, and Chinese Premier Chou Enlai shook hands with Nixon. Until that shaking, China was not insulated with the U.S any more, and China and the U.S began to have a new, good relationship. During President Nixon visit, the most famous event was they using table tennis to try to improve their contact. As the result, they published the Shanghai Communiqué to normalized relations between these two

Such as how America created a civil war due to the war with Vietnam. President Nixon created a line of communication along with trading with China. Although during the war with Vietnam, Nixon had a problem with both national and international internal frontages. While he was having his campaigns to end the war, at the same time he was having us bomb Cambodia. As well as sending troops to help assist the South of Vietnam. The next election in the year of 1972, Nixon was reelected against George McGovern, and shortly after the election President Nixon became involved with the Watergate scandal. With television being a huge success as time was moving forward, everyone was hearing about the burglary that took place and how Nixon was somehow involved. In the year 1973, President Nixon was the first President to ever resign, where President Ford became the new President of the United States.

President Richard M. Nixon’s administration had to face many international and domestic challenges in the United States between 1968 and 1974, some positive and some negative. His achievements in expanding peaceful relationships with both China and the Soviet Union are contrastingly different with his continuation of the Vietnam War. In the end, Nixon’s scandals and abuse of presidential power caught up to him, and his administration did much to corrode America’s faith in the government.