Richard Nixon

Vietnamization was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops." Brought on by the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, the policy referred to U.S. combat troops specifically in the ground combat role, but did not reject combat by the U.S. Air Force, as well as the support to…

actor. His campaign’s Brain Trust, consisting of Ted Sorenson and Richard Goodwin, urged him to entice voters with his intellect and charm. Kennedy did exactly that. He won by putting forth a charismatic, knowledgeable, and vigorous screen personality that transcended his youth and separated him from Nixon. One way that Kennedy flashed his intelligence was…

Supreme Court Legal Brief Outline Case Name: United States v. Richard Milhous Nixon During 1972 presidential campaign, Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel was burglarized by five burglars. Investigation of the burglary revealed White House involvement, and several of Nixon associates were indicted for obstructing justice. The belief was that President was also involved in the burglary. After the conviction one of the convicted men had sent a letter to the presiding judge…

Similar to Johnson’s campaign, Nixon linked the problematic affairs and domestic turmoil to his opponent. His campaigns were a series of spots that were carefully orchestrated. They were a coordinated collection of still pictures adorned with harsh and incongruous music. Nixon’s campaign…

Although President Richard Nixon is known more for the Watergate scandal and as the only US President to have resigned from office, he was responsible for introducing a number of bold and innovative foreign policy When Nixon took over the office of US President in 1969, the Vietnam War was the main issue in the country. During his election campaign, Nixon had promised to bring the American soldiers home. He started to implement a…

Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, he became the only American President to ever resign from office on August 9th, 1974. The factors that led to his resignation cannot be boiled down to a single event, instead his somewhat cruel personality and unorthodox viewpoints led to the end of his political career. The Watergate scandal, a key event in the downfall of Richard Nixon, can be associated to his paranoia and his belief that some of his political rivals were bad people.…

historians, is one of the most prominent scandals that erupted in the years of Richard Nixon 's second term involving the break-down of Nixon 's administration amidst a very dangerous political scandal that shocked the beliefs of the American people and changed the view of the commander-in-chief 's position forever. Watergate is known as the largest abuse of power by an executive office in modern American history. President Nixon and his administration were not the first to abuse power in the…

dead in Ohio,’ the May 1 1970 Kent University Guard shooting led to the death of four students and injuries to nine others, following protests against President Nixon April 30th speech on the U.S move to expand the Vietnam war to Cambodia. The death at Kent University would have been averted if only the U.S president at that time (Richard Nixon) was open to dialogue with the leaders of the Vietnam on that largely decisive issue of the U.S ceasing operation in the Vietnam .In addition, dialogue…

Johnson equal Harry S. Truman? Of course not, each president had different levels of involvement, and such the blame should not be equally shared. Lyndon B. Johnson should be held the most responsible for the lives, and money lost followed by Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the least accountable Harry S. Truman. Lyndon B. Johnson deserves the most blame in the disaster of the Vietnam War. Johnson ignored John F. Kennedy’s Vietnam withdrawal plan and continued…

When the New York Times published the first papers of the infamous “pentagon papers” outlining America’s involvement in Vietnam, Then President Richard Nixon demanded that the publication be stopped. The Supreme Court ignored the request, citing the constitutional right to freedom of speech. Americans were surprised to discover the…