Sep 2, 2017 | Artifacts, Vietnam
Address to the Nation on Progress Toward Peace in Vietnam. [youtube https://youtu.be/rPRDKgKsScA] December 15, 1969 Good evening, my fellow Americans: I have asked for this television time tonight to give you a progress report on our plan to bring a just peace in...
Sep 2, 2017 | News, Vietnam
Achieving “Peace With Honor” – 1969 to 1973 Introduction The most pressing problem facing Richard Nixon when he assumed the presidency on January 20, 1969, was the war in Vietnam. When he took office, nearly 36,000 Americans had been killed in Vietnam. During the 1968...
Sep 1, 2017 | Artifacts, Vietnam
“No More Vietnams” By Richard Nixon New York: Arbor House, 1985 Summary In his best-seller “No More Vietnams,” the former President provided a comprehensive history of the Vietnam War, including critical analyses of his, and his predecessors’, decisions and actions. ]...
Aug 18, 2017 | Artifacts, Uncategorized, Vietnam
Address to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam January 23, 1973 [youtube https://youtu.be/q2z__Qi0B78] Good evening: I have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing...
Jan 5, 2017 | Foreign Policy, Nixon Today, Soviet Union
Although the Cold War is almost three decades behind us, relations between the United States and Russia are icy. Initial optimism for a friendly relationship began to ebb in the 2000s following a series of international incidents in Yugoslavia, Ukraine, and Crimea....
