Nixon

1
Nixons America

• Nov 1968 Nixon won election with 43.4 vote
• A move to the Right Southern Strategy
• Realism and pragmatism
• Language law and order, forgotten Americans,
  Silent Majority

2
The Nixon Doctrine

• Kissinger
• Helping nations to help themselves
• Keeping decision making at the top
• Strategic interests

3
Endgame in Vietnam

• Mar 1969 Bombing of supply routes in Cambodia
  (secret)
• Late 1969 My Lai becomes public (occurred Mar
  1968)
• Apr 1970 Invasion of Cambodia
• May 1970 Kent State massacre

4
Endgame in Vietnam

• Dec 1972 Christmas Bombing
• Troop reductions (1968 -545,000 to 1972 -30,000)
• 27 Jan 1973 Cease-Fire signed
• March 1973 US troops complete withdrawal
• Apr 1975 S.Vietnam Falls
• 58,000 US lives, 1.5m Vietnamese, 170 Billion
  dollars

5
China

• Peoples Republic of China
• June 1971 Kissinger visit
• Feb 1972 Nixon in China
• 1979 Formal diplomatic relations

6
A mixed bag

• May 1972- Salt I
• Oct 1973 - Yom Kippur War
• Oct 1973-Mar 1974 Arab oil embargo
• Destabilising Allende

7
Domestic Policy

• 1969 National Environmental Policy Act
• 1969 Family Assistance Plan
• 1972 Revenue-sharing
• 1971 I am now a Keynesian
• Opposing civil rights legislation
• 1970 Security agencies plan

8
Watergate

• 1971 The Plumbers
• 1971 CREEP
• 20 June 1972 Watergate break-in
• November 1972 Nixon re-elected
• Jan 1973 Watergate trial

9
Nixon in disgrace

• 20 Oct 1973 Saturday Night Massacre
• May 1974 Impeachment hearing began
• 9 Aug 1974 Nixon resigns

10
The End of the American Century

• Defeat in Vietnam
• Economic troubles
• The defeat of liberalism
• Presidential disgrace
• Unease in society and culture I dont know a
  dream thats not been shattered or driven to its
  knees (Paul Simon)

11
Blitzkrieg Bop

• The Ramones and the Punk Rock Movement
• Springsteen and Born to Run
• Happy Days, Grease, Star Wars and Taxi Driver