Essays on Richard Nixon

Why did Nixon scuttle Johnsons’ plan to end the War in Vietnam and who profited from that decision? Nixon feared that ending the war would hurt his chances for presidency, according to notes found by H.R. Haldeman. In Haldeman’s notes he states that Nixon asked…

The checkers speech was done many years ago but still so important as it was then and now. The speech is about California Senator Richard Nixon that was shown on national television. Nixon had been chosen by President Dwight D Eisenhower to be his mate…

Tainted Image of Nixon President Richard Nixon, the 37th president, became one of the first political figures to experience both the positive and negative effects of the media. He was inaugurated in January of 1969 and remained in office until August 9, 1974, when he…

Richard Nixon: The Watergate Scandal Between the years of 1972 and 1974, there was a web of political scandals; these were called the “Watergate Scandal”. The word itself “watergate” refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. Today this word is used to refer to…

The war on drugs has proven to be a terribly difficult fight, ever since Richard Nixon declared the war in June of 1971. Despite all the efforts being made to eliminate drugs in the U.S., the nation has failed as a whole to rid itself…

The Watergate scandal was the break in of the Democratic National Committees headquarters in Washington, DC on June 17, 1972. During the investigation, tapes were taken from the white house containing evidence that the president Nixon tried to cover up the scandal. Before Nixon could…