55 Years Ago — “The Last Press Conference”

Nov 14, 2017 | News, Pre-Presidential Years, Republican Party, Wilderness Years

6 November 1962: Vice President Nixon gives his concession following his loss to Edmund “Pat” Brown in the 1962 California Gubernatorial race. He admonished the press in attendance for their disproportionate negative coverage of his campaign, and that this...

Asia After Viet Nam – Fifty Years On

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...

After Viet Nam: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and the Search for a Strategy to End the Vietnam War

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...

Parallel Lives: Richard Nixon and George Allen in Washington

Oct 12, 2017 | News, Sports

November 23, 1971. President Nixon with Redskins Coach George Allen, Redskins football players and the coaching staff. (Richard Nixon Presidential Library) By Charles Cauffman Football season has come once again. With millions of viewers tuning in to Sunday and Monday...

Video: Sven Kraemer Discusses the History of the Cold War

Sep 15, 2017 | Nixon TV

Author of “Inside the Cold War from Marx to Reagan,” an unprecedented new guide to the roots, history, strategies and key official documents of the Cold War. Sven Kraemer brings a unique historical perspective to his understanding of Richard Nixon’s Cold...