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The Presidency of Richard Nixon., 2002.
A biography of President Richard Nixon.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 80.95
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Nixon resigned from his office nearly thirty years ago, and his legacy continues to be shrouded in controversy. He was a complex, inconsistent, and highly contradictory personality whose presidency was an extremely mixed bag of successes, failures, and confusion. Nixon once made the prediction that by the turn of the century, he would begin to be viewed in a more favorable light. Marked by solid achievements both at home and abroad, Nixon's work while in office ended the Imperial Presidency, reopened Western communication with China and Russia, helped see the country through its first round of serious welfare reform; in short, Nixon did have a significantly positive impact upon the nation. But, it was Watergate that opened the doors to the seedier and frightening side of the Nixon Presidency. Secret tapings, brutal escalations in Vietnam, conspiracies to harm other politicians, and his involvement in the thefts at Watergate all cast a deep shadow over what Nixon had been able to accomplish. The most egregious abuses of executive privilege occurred under President Nixon who invoked that doctrine to shield embarrassing and incriminating information. This paper examines the Presidency of Richard M. Nixon, and to pay special attention to the implications of Watergate both during and after his term.
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The Presidency of Richard Nixon, 2002.
Examines the period of U.S. History during the Presidency of Richard Nixon and the enduring consequences of his presidency, especially with regard to the Watergate Scandal.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 80.95
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Nixon resigned from his office nearly thirty years ago, and his legacy continues to be shrouded in controversy. He was a complex, inconsistent, and highly contradictory personality whose presidency was an extremely mixed bag of successes, failures, and confusion. Nixon once made the prediction that by the turn of the century, he would begin to be viewed in a more favorable light. Marked by solid achievements both at home and abroad, Nixon's work while in office ended the Imperial Presidency, reopened Western communication with China and Russia, helped see the country through its first round of serious welfare reform; in short, Nixon did have a significantly positive impact upon the nation. But, it was Watergate that opened the doors to the seedier and frightening side of the Nixon Presidency. Secret tapings, brutal escalations in Vietnam, conspiracies to harm other politicians, and his involvement in the thefts at Watergate all cast a deep shadow over what Nixon had been able to accomplish. The most egregious abuses of executive privilege occurred under President Nixon who invoked that doctrine to shield embarrassing and incriminating information (Rozell, 762). It is the purpose of this paper to examine the Presidency of Richard M. Nixon, and to pay special attention to the implications of Watergate both during and after his term.
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Vietnam, Watergate and President Nixon, 2008.
This paper outlines the US political turmoil and failures of the 1970s.
1,412 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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The paper discusses the US failure of the War in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal and the resignation of Richard Nixon. The paper illustrates how the 1970s created an atmosphere in which the public doubted the ability of the country to wage war, the morality of government in general, and the truthfulness of political leaders. The paper highlights the long-lasting effects of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal.
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"Every president is faced with the need for an agenda on the domestic front and one on the foreign policy front. When Nixon entered the White House, the most important element on the foreign policy front was the Vietnam War, and domestically this war was having a major role as well, contributing to the general unrest in the country and to a public perception of growing lawlessness and anarchy. Nixon was forced to approach foreign policy from a position he would have opposed had he had any real choice: "It was Richard Nixon's fate that he had to preside over the retreat of American power. He hated it" (Ambrose, 1989, p. 252). Once he became president, Nixon proposed to the other side "mutual withdrawal, guaranteed withdrawal, of forces" (Ambrose, 1989, p. 252)."
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Joe Mcginniss' "The Selling Of The President", 1990.
This paper is a critical analysis of Joe Mcginniss' "The Selling Of The President" about Nixon's victory through media manipulation.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 39.95
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"When Joe McGinniss published his The Selling of the President 1968 in 1969, he shocked the reading public with his expose of how a political campaign was won by the "media manipulators." It was McGinniss's contention that Richard Nixon was marketed as the chief executive for the United States just like Madison Avenue would sell a package of cigarettes. In fact, the original dust cover of the book had that very image: the new president's face on a tobacco pack. It is the thesis of this paper that McGinniss was correct in his assertions, and that the 1968 campaign forever changed the way in which Americans judged and voted for presidential candidates.
McGinniss starts his book off with an epigraph from Nixon himself: "When style and charisma connotes the idea of ... "
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Richard Nixon, 2004.
An examination of the life and political career of President Richard Nixon.
1,749 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper looks at the life of President Richard Nixon from his birth up until his resignation from the presidency after the Watergate scandal. It discusses how, as president, he concentrated mostly on foreign affairs, hoping to bring about a generation of peace and a new world order. It also examines how Nixon was a man people loved to hate and how his demeanor was not always affable. It shows that, instead of orchestrating the Watergate Scandal, he may have been responsible for protecting those involved, as well as responsible for instigating the cover up. Nixon has not left a populist legacy, but in some respects, he lives on in current foreign policy and Republican policy rhetoric.
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Introduction
Biography
Nixon?s Presidency
The Watergate Scandal
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"As Vice President, Nixon took on major duties in the Eisenhower Administration. Nominated for President in 1960, he lost by a narrow margin to John F. Kennedy. (Kennedy, Nixon and Vanocur, 1996) In 1962, Nixon ran unsuccessfully for Governor of California. This second loss led Nixon to bitterly announce: "you won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." However, he re-emerged as a presidential candidate in 1968 and ran a successful campaign against Democrat Hubert Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace. His accomplishments while in office included revenue sharing, the end of the draft, new anticrime laws, and a broad environmental program. As he had promised, he appointed Justices of conservative philosophy to the Supreme Court."
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Nixon, 2003.
An examination of former President Richard Nixon's congressional voting record.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper examines former U.S. President Richard Nixon's voting record from his tenure in Congress, and asks whether there is any connection to his early life of poverty. The paper attempts to answer whether the positions that he took on various domestic and international issues were influenced by the experience of his family's poverty. The paper also discusses Nixon's ambition and his determination to be an effective legislator.
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"This segment of the research focuses on Nixon's congressional voting record and the manner in which the positions he took were influenced by the poverty of his family experience. The evidence of Nixon's campaign against...."
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Nixon and the Vietnam War, 2007.
This paper evaluates the leadership of President Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War.
1,185 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that President Richard Nixon's strategy for the Vietnam War was "peace with honor". The author relates that Nixon's 1969 policy of the "Vietnamization" of the war meant the handing over of the responsibility of fighting to the South Vietnamese in order to protect their own country. The paper points out that this "Vietnamization" policy was a success domestically in the U.S. but was certainly a failure for South Vietnam. The author concludes that, although Nixon's strategies were thoughtful and not without solid footing, the time was too late to mend things in Vietnam; however, he did manage to reduce greatly the number of American casualties and the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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"Nixon also attempted more diplomatic ways to achieve peace with honor. One was that of meeting with the Great Powers: China and the Soviet Union. In 1971, Nixon met with China's Mao and Russia's Brezhnev and held talks. Behind the facade of Nixon's diplomacy was the underbelly of attempting to disillusion the Vietnamese by meeting peacefully with their supporter nations. This policy was somewhat successful in that Vietnam questioned the true stance of their communist allies, but it ended up coming to no avail."
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Nixon and Machiavelli, 2006.
This paper discusses American President Richard Nixon's term in office and his similarities to Niccolo Machiavelli's ideas of governance.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 3 sources, $ 71.95
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The paper discusses how few American presidents in modern times have been as reviled as Richard Nixon. Despite a number of foreign and domestic triumphs, Nixon will be forever associated with the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s. The paper reviews the event leading to Nixon's ultimate demise and considers to what extent the thirty-seventh president of the United States exhibited the sort of behavior similar to the sort of governing principles immortalized in Niccolo Machiavelli.
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"Strangely enough, while it is easy (and popular) to portray Nixon as being Machiavellian in his pursuit and consolidation of power, the real truth of the matter is that Nixon is but a poor example of Machiavelli's "Prince"; in fact, Nixon was often the exact opposite of what Niccolo Machiavelli considered a capable and forward-thinking ruler."
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?Nixon Revisited?, 2004.
This paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of President Richard Nixon as presented in Joan Hoff?s book, ?Nixon Revisited?.
2,110 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper explains that in ?Nixon Revisited? Hoff points out that Watergate could happen to anyone, but Nixon?s major mistake was typical of other previous and subsequent presidents and officials: he tried to cover it up. The author points out that most people list Nixon?s history as 1) Watergate, 2) foreign affairs, and 3) domestic affairs, but Hoff would completely switch the order and have domestic affairs first. The paper stresses Hoff?s conclusion that, based on the Nixon presidency, in the presidential primaries and debates, the electorate also should be looking at the candidate?s worse qualities to ascertain what will be the weaknesses of that presidency if the candidate is elected.
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"For instance, one of the major battles at the beginning of Nixon?s tenure was over the Family Assistance Plan, which called for a guaranteed annual income or a so-called negative income tax to all poor heads of households (123-125). This replaced the stress on discounted services popular earlier. The announcement of the Family Assistance Plan
Proposal was a surprise, however, since it conflicted with the value of economic self-reliance anticipated from a Republican president. The Plan was mistakenly labeled as providing a guaranteed income; recipients were expected to work or accept places on training programs, in return for federal cash assistance. The original plan was rejected two years later; the Senate would pass other watered down versions."
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The Watergate Scandal, 2005.
This paper discusses the Watergate Scandal, which forecasted the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon and led to his resignation on August 9, 1974.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explains that the Watergate Scandal refers to a series of events spread over several years surrounding President Richard Nixon's administration and his alleged abuse of power while in office which encompassed the political undermining of the anti-war movement (Vietnam), the Democratic political party, embarrassing and inculpatory behavior by the administration and subsequent reporting by the press. The author reviews the timeline, events and major players in this scandal including President Richard Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, Special Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox, White House Counsel and possibly the original architect of the cover-up John Dean, Attorney General John Mitchell, Judge John Sirica and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the "The Washington Post" reporters who uncovered the scandal. The paper concludes that the Watergate Scandal, which produced the first dual resignations of a president and vice president, indictments of forty prominent citizens and scarred the nation throughout the process, is the benchmark and term often applied to scandalous political behavior.
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"John Mitchell as the Attorney General was a loyal supporter of Nixon. In September 1972, stories published by "The Washington Post" linked Mitchell with a $250,000 slush fund that paid for the Watergate burglaries. He made a famously vulgar remark about the fact that if the stories were published, there would be political repercussions. He was right and later prosecuted for perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. Elliot Richardson, the Attorney General (after Richard Kleindienst), appointed Archibald Cox as special prosecutor and later refused to fire him. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus both resigned during the "Saturday Night Massacre". John Sirica presided over the Watergate trials, while he was the Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia. He was considered a maverick on the bench and actively questioned the witnesses and defendants during this trial. He surmised that the participants in the Watergate trial were not being truthful in their assertions. He ordered that the original audiotapes containing the recorded conversations be presented to the court, not the transcripts. The Supreme Court upheld this ruling in July, 1974, thus leading to the resignation of Nixon in August, 1974."
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The American President, 2002.
Discusses the evolvement of the American President to the most powerful man in the world.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 31.95
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Discusses the evolvement of the American President to the most powerful man in the world. Growth of the power of the executive branch & the federal government. New Constitutional Amendments. Refers to the Nixon presidency as the apex of the conflict between increasing national authority & growing presidential power. The Watergate Scandal & the restoration of the system of checks & balances by Congress. Relationahip between national authority & presidential power.
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"In the United States of America, as the nation has grown and developed, so the power and influence of the national government has broadened in scope and magnitude. Simultaneously, the executive branch of the American government has evolved in dramatic fashion; the American President is recognized today as the most powerful man in the world. These two processes -- the increasing of national authority and the growth of presidential power -- have at times complemented one another and at times contradicted one another. Ultimately, these are trends that are precariously linked, and forever intertwined.
In the interest of protecting the individual citizen, the American system initially provided for basic sovereignty to..."
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The Watergate Scandal, 2007.
This paper discusses the Watergate scandal and President Nixon's guilt.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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The paper describes the Watergate scandal where President Nixon attempted to photograph and steal records from his rival's office with the intent of using this private information to win his next election. The paper details the drama that was uncovered by The Washington Post and relates that Richard Nixon became the first President of the United States to resign. The paper discusses how the scandal had far-reaching and long-lasting results; it demonstrated to the world that a nation could, under the American democratic political system, call the highest official in the land to account for his actions and then pay the price for his misdeeds.
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"Watergate was an event in American history that changed the course of politics, American life and leaders drastically. At first the public was unaware of the seemingly insignificant event, then when made aware, they were unaware of the importance of what appeared to be five ordinary men burglarizing an office in downtown Washington, D.C., then, when they realized this significance of the burglary and who it led to, they were unaware of the consequences that would arise from this event. Gradually, the significance and the consequences were impressed upon the public by the wide and intense media coverage of the event over a period of six years, from 1970 to 1976."
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Richard Nixon, 2002.
Describes the leadership of this American President.
1,961 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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The complex personality of Richard Nixon gave rise to a complex presidency. Nixon, a former Quaker pacifist president, sent millions of young American soldiers to war. He instituted affirmative action and supported the Equal Rights Amendment but was also known for his misogynist views. As president of the land, he knowingly subverted the Constitution through sabotage, political espionage and secret, illegal campaign contributions. This paper examines evaluates President Nixon?s complex presidency, by paying particular attention to his leadership style, his ethical background and the various decisions he made throughout his two terms. In conclusion, the paper evaluates the effects and continuing legacy of former President Nixon.
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"Haldeman?s memoirs revealed a stream of illegal orders from President Nixon, including the establishment of fake ultra-left wing organizations to ally with Democrats, ?hatchet-job? IRS audits on Democratic leaders, putting detectives to follow Senator Kennedy?s womanizing activities and ?destroying? commentator Chet Huntley to discourage criticism from other reporters (Gergen 96-98). The nature of these orders and the secrecy surrounding them are indicative of Nixon?s disregard for the other power structures that characterize a democracy. The orders reveal the vindictiveness of a person unable to accept criticism regarding his actions. They also reveal a man unable to trust his own staff, the press and ultimately, the American public."
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Presidential Personalities and Public Popularity, 2006.
A comparison of the scandals which entangled Nixon's and Clinton's presidencies, with an analysis of why Nixon was forced to resign while Clinton left office with a high rating of public approval.
2,256 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 69.95
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The paper compares the presidential scandals of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. First the paper reviews the Watergate scandal, and explains that this was just the tip of the iceberg, analyzing the machinations behind the break-in and reasons for it and its subsequent cover-up, and finding extensive criminal wrongdoing to be at the heart of the matter. Next, the paper focuses on President Clinton's sexual escapades, and analyzes why the press played up the story yet Clinton survived the impeachment process. Following this, the paper reviews various analyses of presidential personality and public perception, comparing the two Presidents, and focusing finally on the Meyer's Briggs Type Indicator of personality to show that Clinton was an Artisan while Nixon was a Guardian. The American public will, the paper informs us, love an Artisan despite his flaws, but respect a Guardian only in the absence of visible flaws. In conclusion, the paper finds that it is both the public perception of the respective Presidents' personalities, and the presence or absence of criminal wrongdoing, which caused Clinton's name to be praised while Nixon's is derided.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Nixon and Watergate
Clinton and Travel Gate etc.
Presidential Personalities
Conclusion
Footnotes
Bibliography
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"History tells us that most likely, Nixon did not know in advance about the break-in and that his press secretary dismissed it as a "third-rate burglary." President Nixon lied when he assured the nation that "The White House has had no involvement in this particular incident". By the time of the press conference, he knew that several present and former White House employees were linked to the Watergate burglars. Nixon already had begun to cover those links by the time he asserted the White House's lack of involvement."
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Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Nixon:The Extension of Executive Powers, 2002.
This paper gives examples of American presidents who went beyond what they were allowed to do within the parameters of the Constitution.
2,095 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper discusses the three presidents: Lincoln, Roosevelt and Nixon and their use of their executive powers during their presidency. The extension of executive power has typically created a positive for a president. For example, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt, despite the extension of their executive powers, are considered great presidents. However, Richard Nixon?s abuse of this same power, proving his imperial tendencies, showed the necessity of curbing this potential force. The paper details the ways in which executive power was extended by these three presidents, and argues that President Nixon not only abused his powers but tried to cheat the American people and therefore was not considered a great president and was impeached.
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?Human beings, Abraham Lincoln noted, wished to protect both life and limb. ?Yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb.? If the execution of the of the whole of the laws should require the violation of a single law, ?are all the laws but one to go unexecuted, and the Government itself to go to pieces, lest that one be violated??? (Schlesinger 59) Over the past hundreds of years, many presidents of the United States have extended their executive powers. The extension of executive power has typically created a positive for a president. For example, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt. These two men, regardless of any of their actions that could be considered an extension of executive powers were great presidents. However, Richard Nixon?s abuse of this same power, proving his imperial tendencies, showed the necessity of curbing this potential force. If no actions had been taken against Nixon, what would the next president have done? Richard Nixon extended his executive powers too far, and had to be made an example of."
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