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The Rise and Fall of the Shah
“When we think of where Iran is, its place in history, going back 2,500 years, its place geographically, where it is the bridge between Europe and Asia, where it is the opening ot the Indian Ocean and South Asia, and also to the Mideast, when we thinkg also of the...
Meeting the Needs of the ‘Seventies
The U.S. role in international development assistance reflects the vision we have of ourselves as a society and our hope for a peaceful world. —President Nixon, Special Message to Congress On September 15, 1970, President Nixon delivered a special message to the...
A Jazz Legend in the Soviet Union
Amidst the preparations for President Nixon’s upcoming visit to Moscow, another American cultural icon toured the Soviet Union in the fall of 1971. Traveling to five different Soviet cities in a month’s time, Jazz legend Duke Ellington put on twenty-two performances...
President Nixon: Champion for Native Americans
President Nixon made several great strides in federal Indian policy, including: Returning the sacred Blue Lake to the people of Taos Pueblo in 1970. Enacting the Menominee Restoration Act, restoring the recognition of the previously terminated tribe in 1973. Signing...
President Nixon and Non-Proliferation
With the number of nuclear weapon states steadily rising, and tensions between the Cold War superpowers continuing to intensify, world leaders on both sides of the Iron Curtain recognized that “the proliferation of nuclear weapons would seriously enhance the danger of...
Surfer In Chief
In the debut of Twenty, a magazine for those curious about the sport of surfing, contributor Alex Roth writes of President Nixon's integral role in turning a small coastal section of Camp Pendleton into one of the top surf spots on the planet. Read the full piece...
Nixon’s First Book: The Challenges We Face
Relatively unknown compared to Six Crises, Vice President Richard Nixon outlined his views on the pressing issues of the 1960 presidential election in his first published book The Challenges We Face. A collection of speeches and policy discussions from 1958 to 1960,...
10 Facts about Nixon the Presidential Candidate
1. In 1960, Richard Nixon and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were the first U.S presidential candidates to take part in televised debates. The debate series was divided into four parts, each dealing with substantive issues of the time. For those who listened to the...
Public Enemy Number One: A Pragmatic Approach to America’s Drug Problem
At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Nixon, with his newly appointed Drug authority at his side, declared drug abuse “public enemy number one.” “In order to fight and defeat this enemy,” he continued, “ it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”...
President Nixon’s May 8th Decision: A Lesson in Leadership
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. —Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States In May 1972, President Nixon faced one of the great foreign policy...