Ending the Draft: The Creation of an All-Volunteer Force
Posted In: News on January 19, 2012
Discussion exploring how Richard Nixon led efforts to reform and finally replace the draft with an All-Volunteer Force (January 19, 2012, Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, CA). Title: RN Ends the […]
Read more >>Labor and Employment Policy in the Nixon Administration
Posted In: News on December 5, 2011
Discussion of how Labor Secretary George Shultz transformed labor policy in the Nixon Administration. (December 5, 2011, National Archives, Washington, DC) Title: Labor and Employment Policy in the Nixon Administration […]
Read more >>Nixon’s Supreme Court Appointments, Part I
Posted In: News on November 17, 2011
The impact and legacy of Nixon’s Supreme Court appointments, especially the transition from the Earl Warren Court to the Bill Rehnquist Court. (November 17, 2011, National Archives, Washington, DC) Title: […]
Read more >>Confronting America’s First Energy Crisis
Posted In: News on October 19, 2011
President Nixon’s response to the oil embargo (October 19, 2011,Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC) Title: Confronting America’s First Energy Crisis Links: Nixon Library: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr1IsgaVuNY&list=PLiF7JevUP8B9XIAdWZd5bfX7-jLKDyz7b&index=15 Nixon Foundation: http://youtu.be/27U9K46pbm4 […]
Read more >>The New Federalism
Posted In: News on August 8, 2011
Discussion of the core innovation of President Nixon’s domestic initiatives, titled the New Federalism, which reprogramed federal grant money to states and localities (August 8, 2011 Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, […]
Read more >>Combating Organized Crime in the Nixon Era
Posted In: News on June 13, 2011
Discussion of how President Nixon and his Department of Justice took down organized crime in many of the nation’s cities (June 13, 2011, University Club, Washington, DC) Title: Combating Organized […]
Read more >>Nixon as Cold War Strategist
Posted In: News on May 27, 2011
How President Nixon addressed Cold War issues (May 27, 2011, Navy Memorial, Washington, DC) Title: Richard Nixon as Cold War Strategist Links: Nixon Library: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UtzPq9CLl8&list=PLiF7JevUP8B9XIAdWZd5bfX7-jLKDyz7b&index=16 Nixon Foundation: http://youtu.be/lQ3mR5u32jo C-Span: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AsACo […]
Read more >>The President’s Speechwriters
Posted In: News on April 18, 2011
President Nixon’s use and interaction with his speechwriters (April 18, 2011, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC) Title: Writing for 37: White House Speechwriters Remember […]
Read more >>Moynihan as Presidential Counsellor
Posted In: News on November 10, 2010
The unique partnership of President Nixon and Daniel Patrick Moynihan as head of the newly created Urban Affairs Counsel (November 10, 2010, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC) Title: Moynihan in […]
Read more >>The Week that Changed the World
Posted In: News on October 13, 2010
White House staff arrangements for President Nixon’s Visit to China (October 13, 2010, The US-China Institute at the University of Southern California) Title: The Week that Changed the World Links: […]
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