Richard Nixon

In this speech, Richard Nixon, then the Republican nominee for Vice President, addressed the American public in a 30-minute televised speech. During the address, he defended himself from allegations regarding improprieties surrounding his political expenses. He stated during the speech that…

This 1971 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union established a shared understandings for nuclear weapons and missile use. The agreement was signed during the Nixon Administration's push for détente, in which they sought to reduce tensions with the Soviet Union through…

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> and… …a glimpse at the grandfathers of the candidates exhibits the wonderful diversity of American life</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> What strange vehicle could accommodate a crew as disparate as this? Hint: In any election year they’re all</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">The “loser decade” that at first seemed nothing more than a breathing space between the high drama of the 1960s and whatever was coming next is beginning to reveal itself as a richer time than we thought.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The English journalist has spent more than a decade preparing a book on this country’s role in the most eventful hundred years since the race began. He liked what he found enough to become an American himself.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">How bad is it when presidents get <span class="typestyle"> really</span> sore? </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The dog that saved Eisenhower</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A recent presidential edict will make it harder for historians to practice their trade.</span></p>

<p>Recently declassified documents reveal that Alexander Haig and other White House staff actively worked to remove Richard Nixon — the president they worked for — from office.</p>

<p>Distinguished historians have written extensively on the misconduct in presidential administrations since George Washington.</p>

<p>Though it was one of his most controversial actions as president, Richard Nixon's covert bombing of Cambodia was excluded from his impeachment articles, helping to shape how the Vietnam War has been remembered ever since.</p>