Nixon Today
Asia After Viet Nam – Fifty Years On
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
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...
New Online Exhibit: “Asia After Viet Nam” at 50
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 After...
Ping-Pong Diplomacy: How People Coming Together Established Sino-America Détente
An American tennis table player trains with a Chinese tennis table player, in April, 1971 in Beijing, China. (AFP/Getty Images) By Charlie Cauffman On April 5, 1971, the People’s Republic of China invited the United States table-tennis team to play their national team...
Nixon’s Record on Civil Rights
Vice President Richard Nixon with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on June 13, 1957. (Henry Griffin/AP) Introduction Richard Nixon is credited for having a strong record on foreign policy, but his record on domestic policy — especially on Civil Rights at home is often...
Governor John Kasich at the Nixon Library
"Two Paths: America Divided or United" Governor John Kasich book talk at the Nixon Library Ohio governor, 2016 presidential candidate and former nine-term congressman, John Kasich shared his experience on the campaign trail and his hopes for America’s future in his...
New Online Exhibit for Black History Month
Black History in the "Age of Nixon" As our nation celebrates Black History Month, the Richard Nixon Foundation presents a NEW online exhibit: Black History in the “Age of Nixon.” Working with iconic civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. and E....
Nixon and School Desegregation: Perspective from George Shultz
On January 9, 2003, the Richard Nixon Foundation awarded George Shultz with the Victory of Freedom Award, an award that honors outstanding leaders who have championed the cause of freedom and personify the 37th president's principle of enlightened national interest in...
Nixon’s Revolutionary Vision for American Governance
Introduction President Nixon, though possessing the instincts and speaking the increasingly conservative language of the mainstream Republican Party all his life (his writings on domestic policy attest to this,) governed within the boundaries set by the New Deal....
RN, MLK, and the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Today marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 88th birthday. Presidential historian Irv Gellman details King’s relationship with then Vice President Nixon in his very insightful and revealing book, The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower...
