Nov 9, 2017 | News, Vietnam
President Nixon with chief-of-staff H.R. Haldeman the day after the president’s November 3, 1969 speech on the Vietnam War. The Oval Office desk was stacked with hundreds of telegrams and letters of support from the general public. By Jason Schwartz The Vietnam...
Oct 27, 2017 | China, Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vietnam, Wilderness Years
By Conrad Black It is difficult now to resurrect how revolutionary and improbable it seemed fifty years ago to envision a reconstructed normal relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. In 1967 the Cultural Revolution was...
Oct 26, 2017 | China, Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Nixon's Comeback, Vietnam, Wilderness Years
By Niall Ferguson On December 10, 1967, Clare Boothe Luce decided to bring together Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon at a pre-Christmas cocktail party in her elegant apartment at 933 Fifth Avenue. It was the first meeting between the two men who, more...
Oct 25, 2017 | China, Exhibits, Foreign Policy, Nixon Today, Vietnam, Wilderness Years
Online Exhibit Marks 50th Anniversary of Richard Nixon’s Seminal 1967 Article “Asia After Viet Nam” at 50 is one of a series of online exhibits specifically designed by the Richard Nixon Foundation for digital viewing on desktops and mobile devices. In “Asia...
Sep 30, 2017 | News, Nixon Library Events, Vietnam
[youtube https://youtu.be/WJX9QZOKOs4] Author of “Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam” The first battle book from Mark Bowden since his #1 New York Times bestseller “Black Hawk Down,” “Hue 1968” is the story of...
Sep 28, 2017 | Foundation News, Vietnam
September 28, 2017 Dear Friends, With the the airing of Ken Burns’ 10-part series, “The Vietnam War” drawing to a close, we want to share with you some of our thoughts about our father’s Vietnam policies and strategies that the episodes covering his...