Aug 21, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
RN wrote the little known The Meaning of Communism to Americans on August 21, 1960, flatly contending that Americans needed to better understand the socialist and communist philosophies in order to overcome them ideologically. At the time the Cold War was raging and...
Aug 20, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
Forty-two years ago today, RN visited Mexico for an official state visit. Arriving in Puerto Vallarta, it was his first state visit to a Latin American country and he noted the occasion in a personal way: Mr. President, as I’m sure you know, it is for Mrs. Nixon...
Aug 16, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
Today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. One of the most popular musical icons of the 20th century, Elvis transformed popular music and had an unprecedented effect on popular culture. His meeting with RN in 1970 produced some of the most iconic...
Aug 14, 2012 | Nixon Library Events, Nixon TV
[youtube https://youtu.be/PFsetxLFSZg] August 14, 2012: Maureen Drown Nunn, Nixon family friend and Foundation board director, portrays First Lady Pat Nixon to a group of school children as part of the “Meet the Presidents,” the educational Summer series...
Aug 14, 2012 | Foreign Policy, News, The New Nixon
A Presidential Kill List, the use of cyber-attacks to stall foreign nuclear development, and attacking enemies by using the most advanced military tactics and instruments in the world may sound like the description of a blockbuster action film. It isn’t. In reality,...