Richard M. Nixon

Summary

Thirteen years after Richard Nixon left office Hofstra University's sixth conference on the Modern American Presidency sets the stage for an exchange of views on Richard M. Nixon's presidency, his politics, and his administrative abilities. Leon Friedman and William F. Levantrosser bring together the papers and discussions presented at this conference by scholars, journalists, and Nixon administration officials in this first of a trilogy of volumes issuing from the conference. With the perspective of time, the commentary of leading administration figures such as H. R. Haldeman, Elliot Richardson, Maurice Stans, and Charles Colson takes on a special quality. Papers and discussions explore three major aspects of Richard Nixon: his capacity for greatness, his shortcomings, and his impact on today's youth; the scope and depth of his domestic policy; and his political acumen. Richard M. Nixon: Politician, President, Administrator records the interactions of scholars, journalists, and Nixon administration officials as they search for a better understanding of the Nixon phenomenon. Part I explores the man--his persona and his presidency. A special panel presents the reaction of today's youth to this segment of American history. Part II concentrates primarily on domestic policy. It uncovers the scope and depth of Nixon initiatives in revenue sharing, social welfare, civil rights, environment, and the economy. In Part III, papers and discussions on the silent majority, election campaigning, and the reorganization of the executive branch, disclose Richard Nixon's role in changing the face of American politics.

Author Biography

LEON FRIEDMAN is the Joseph Kushner Professor of Civil Liberties Law at the Hofstra University Law School.WILLIAM F. LEVANTROSSER is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Colloquim on the American Presidency at Hofstra University.

Preface
The Man
Capacity for Greatness by Elliot L. Richardson
Perspectives on Richard Nixon by Hugh Sidey
Comparing and Contrasting Ike and Dick by Stephen E. Ambrose
One of Us by Tom Wicker
High School Colloquim by Stephen E. Ambrose, Robert H. Finch, and H. R. Haldeman
Major Domestic Policies and Hard Decisions
The New Federalism and Revenue Sharing
Richard M. Nixon, General Revenue Sharing, and American Federalism by David A. Caputo, Discussants: Richard P. Nathan and Paul H. O'Neill
Social Welfare
Outflanking the Liberals on Welfare by Joan Hoff-Wilson
Legislative Success and Failure: The Social Welfare Policies of the Nixon Administration by Carl Lieberman
Discussants: Robert H. Finch and Elliot L. Richardson
Civil Rights Policy
Richard M. Nixon, Southern Strategies, and Desegregation of Public Schools by Alvy L. King
The Incoherence of the Civil Rights Policy in the Nixon Administration by Hugh D. Graham
Discussants: Robert H. Finch, Sallyanne Payton, and Roger Wilkins
The Environment
The Nixon Environmental Record: A Mixed Picture by Charles S. Warren
Discussant: John C. Whitaker
The Economy
Macroeconomic Policy under Nixon by M. Mark Amen
President Nixon's Political Business Cycle by Ann Mari May and Robert H. Keller
Nixon's Economic Policy toward Minorities by Maurice H. Stans
Discussants: Herman A. Berliner and Herbert Stein
The Politics of the Presidency
The Silent Majority: Support for the President
The Silent Versus the New Majority by Michael P. Balzano, Jr.
Discussants: Charles W. Colson and Philip K. Straw
Election Campaigning
Richard Nixon: The Southern Strategy and the 1968 Presidential Election by Glen Moore
Campaign Financing and the Nixon Presidency: The End of an Era by Joel M. Gora
Discussants: David M. Dorsen, Thomas W. Evans, John Herbers, John H. Kessel, and Maurice H. Stans
Reorganization of the Executive Branch
The Implementation of Cabinet Government During the Nixon Administration by Shirley Anne Warshaw
Discussants: Roy L. Ash, H. R. Haldeman, and The Honorable Arnold A. Saltzman
Appointments to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Under Seige: The Battle over Nixon's Nominees by Joseph Calluori
Discussant: James McClellan
Index

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