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Richard Nixon: Presidency
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In the end, Nixon's presidency is going to decide his place in history. It has been studied with care, especially in the second volume of Stephen E. Ambrose's three-volume history, but all the work will now have to be reconsidered, revised, and rewritten. The upheaval in the Nixon cottage industry has been caused by the publication of The Haldeman Diaries, a work that is indispensable for an understanding of the Nixon years in the White House. In his introduction, Ambrose himself says that he would like to write another book based on the diaries. There has been a recent rash of books on Nixon, all of which have suffered the same fate.
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Nixon was one of the most controversial presidents in the twentieth century and the only one in history to resign. He adopted an adversarial approach and attracted the enmity of a great many opponents. He was shy and insecure, affected by the death of two of his brothers while still young, and awkward in his dealings with others. He was keen to win and adopted tactics that facilitated his winning. Towards the end of his presidency, he adopted a siege mentality. He was a man driven from within.
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By 1952, Nixon had become a nationally known figure. He had attracted the attention not only of the voters but ... of Dwight D. Eisenhower. When Eisenhower was nominated by the Republicans for the presidency that year, he asked that Nixon be made his vice-presidential running mate.
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In his last years Nixon worked to rehabilitate his public image, and enjoyed considerably more success than could have been anticipated at the time of his resignation. He gained great respect as an elder statesman in the area of foreign affairs, being consulted by both Democratic and Republican successors to the Presidency.
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The following item that you are about to read is an account of Richard Milhous Nixon’s life. This man played a key role in United States Presidency, despite controversial episodes. (As you will read), Richard Nixon faced many hardships and difficult decisions during his years in office, but he ... overcame these obstacles.
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The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two important decisions on civil rights issues during Nixon's presidency. In 1969 it declared that segregated schools must be desegregated "at once," and in 1971, it upheld the busing of students to achieve racial balance. The busing issue was controversial and critics of the administration accused it of purposely slowing efforts at integration.
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