1. THE RISE OF RICHARD MILLHOUSE NIXON
CONSERVATIVE RESURGENCE

2. THE ELECTION OF 1968
New Republicans: Sunbelt, SW, S. Cal., FL & Silent Majority
DEMOCRATS DIVIDE
McCarthy, Humphrey, RFK
RICHARD NIXON-SPIRO AGNEW
“End the war win the peace”
HAD BECOME SUCCESSFUL EARLY ON WITH HUAC WORK; HOUSEHOLD NAME
GEORGE WALLACE-INDEPENDENT
Law & Order Campaign
391 RMN – 191 HH – 46 GW

3. NIXON’S FOREIGN POLICY REALPOLITIK
VIETNAMIZATION
REPLACE US W/ SV TROOPS
DIRECT NEGOTIATION WITH N. V.
INCREASE AIR STRIKES
APRIL 1970 CAMBODIAN INCURSION
1971 SV INVADES LAOS
1972 CHRISTMAS BOMBING
JANUARY 1973 PARIS PEACE ACCORDS: TOOK A YEAR TO DETERMINE SHAPE OF TABLE

4. DÉTENTE, RELAXATION OF TENSIONS WITH CHINA & RUSSIA
HENRY KISSINGER
COLD WAR: POWER RIVALRY TO BE MANAGED NOT WON
IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH CHINA :2/72 BEIJING, PING PONG DIPLOMACY
1979: FULL DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION

5. THAW IN THE COLD WAR 5/72 MOSCOW TRIP; DIDN’T END ARMS RACE
SALT I: NUCLEAR EQUALITY NOT SUPERIORITY
ABM TREATY: restrict deployment of our nationwide missile defense system
THAW ENDS WITH INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN 1980’S

6. SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
6 DAYS WAR 1967
YOM KIPPUR WAR 1973
OIL EMBARGO
KISSINGER BROKERS TRUCE:
cease fire, Israel cede some territory, end embargo
Palestinian issue unresolved

7. US AID TO SUPPORT ANTI-COMMUNISTS NO MATTER TYPE OF GOVERNMENT – NIXON DOCTRINE
IRAN- TO COUNTER SOVIET INFLUENCE
SOUTH AFRICA-SUPPORTED APARTHEID
PHILIPPINES-SUPPORT FOR MARCOS BUT FILIPINO’S DIDN’T
CHILE – FEARED ANOTHER CUBA, COVERT OPS TO GET ALLENDE TO RESIGN