Vietnam and the Paris Peace Accords
Posted In: News on December 5, 2014
President Nixon’s leadership in bringing about an end to the Vietnam War (December 5, 2014, National Archives, Washington, DC) Title: Vietnam and the Paris Peace Accords Links: National Archives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q4YA-tQZo4 […]
Read more >>The Opening to China
Posted In: News on November 12, 2014
President Nixon’s leadership in bring about the opening to China (November 12, 2014, National Archives, Washington, DC) Title: The Opening to China Links: National Archives: http://youtu.be/F2zIwkGTNS8 Nixon Foundation: http://youtu.be/A9D2p2v3UiE C-Span: […]
Read more >>The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) -Part I
Posted In: News on September 11, 2014
The transformation of the Bureau of the Budget into OMB, as seen by career civil servants from that era. (September 11, 2014, LeBow College of Business at Drexel University in […]
Read more >>July, 2014: Thoughts and Commentary on Dean’s New Book
Posted In: Watergate Essays on July 23, 2014
This is a 27 page analysis of John Dean’s 750 page book, The Nixon Defense, What He Knew and When He Knew It. It details the errors, admissions against interest, […]
Read more >>The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)-Part II
Posted In: News on May 22, 2014
The early challenges faced by presidential appointees to the newly created OMB (May 22, 2014, Hoover Institution at Stanford University) Title: Richard Nixon as Architectural President Links: Nixon Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvI4SsaozXk […]
Read more >>Home Rule for the District of Columbia
Posted In: News on May 16, 2014
Discussion of how President Nixon led the effort to revitalize the nation’s capital city and bring home rule to the District of Columbia. (May 16, 2014, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) […]
Read more >>The National Security Council (NSC)
Posted In: News on May 12, 2014
The changes to the functioning of the NSC under Henry Kissinger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. (May 12, 2014, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) Title: The Transformation of […]
Read more >>The Ash Council
Posted In: News on January 29, 2014
The creation of the Ash Council and its recommendations for reorganizing the Executive Office of the President (January 29, 2014, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA). Title: The Ash Council […]
Read more >>August, 2013: Leon Jaworski’s Telltale Memos
Posted In: News on August 23, 2013
This essay, appearing in The Atlantic on the anniversary of President Nixon’s resignation, analyzes papers recently uncovered at the National Archives. They document a series of ex parte meetings between […]
Read more >>Vietnam POWs: Home with Honor
Posted In: News on May 25, 2013
Discussion on the extraordinary POW experiences and their celebratory homecoming (May 25, 2013, Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, CA). Title: Vietnam POWS: Home with Honor Links: Nixon Library: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOobrwKhTJA&list=PLiF7JevUP8B9XIAdWZd5bfX7-jLKDyz7b&index=1 Nixon Foundation: […]
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