A Companion to Richard M. Nixon

by Small, Melvin

• ISBN13: 9781444330175
• ISBN10: 1444330179
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-18
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This companion offers an overview of Richard M. Nixon#x19;s life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the evolution and current state, of Nixon scholarship. Examines the central arguments and scholarly debates that surround his term in office Explores Nixon#x19;s legacy and the historical significance of his years as president Covers the full range of topics, from his campaigns for Congress, to his career as Vice-President, to his presidency and Watergate Makes extensive use of the recent paper and electronic releases from the Nixon Presidential Materials Project

Author Biography

Melvin Small is Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus at Wayne State University. His numerous publications include Johnson, Nixon, and the Doves (1988), Covering Dissent: The Media and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement (1994), Democracy and Diplomacy: The Impact of Domestic Politics in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1789-1994 (1996), The Presidency of Richard Nixon (1999), Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America’s Hearts and Minds (2003), and At the Water’s Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War (2005).

Table of Contents

List of Plates	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Pre-Presidential Years	p. 5
Nixon Biographies	p. 7
The Pre-Political Years, 1913-1945	p. 27
Pat Nixon	p. 49
The Congressional Years	p. 68
The Alger Hiss Case	p. 84
The Richard Nixon Vice Presidency: Research Without the Nixon Manuscripts	p. 102
The Election of 1960	p. 122
Domestic Policies	p. 141
The Election of 1968	p. 143
The Election of 1972	p. 164
The Administrative Presidency	p. 185
Richard Nixon, the Great Society, and Social Reforms: A Lost Opportunity?	p. 202
Civil Rights Policy	p. 212
Economic Policy	p. 235
Political Realignment	p. 252
Nixon and the Environment	p. 270
Nixon and the Media	p. 292
Nixon and Dissent	p. 311
Nixon and Agnew	p. 328
Foreign Policies	p. 343
Foreign Policy Overview	p. 345
Nixon and Kissinger	p. 362
The Vietnam War	p. 380
Explorations of Détente	p. 400
The China Card	p. 425
Nixon and Europe: Transatlantic Policy in the Shadow of Other Priorities	p. 444
Latin America and the Quest for Stability	p. 460
Post-Presidential Years	p. 479
Watergate	p. 481
Nixon and Ford	p. 499
Nixon's Image: A Brief History	p. 519
The Nixon Tapes	p. 546
Bibliography	p. 563
Index	p. 613
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