Nixon On Vietnam: A Pre-Presidential View

Nixon On Vietnam: A Pre-Presidential View

In the years before he was elected as President, Richard Nixon kept a relatively low profile politically. Employed by the Wall Street law firm Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander, RN had the chance to travel internationally without the burden of a political title,...

Response to Bob Woodward’s Charges Against RN

Bob Woodward’s charge in his new book The Last of the President’s Men that President Nixon knew that the bombing of Laos and North Vietnam in the early 1970s “was not working” and “defended and intensified it in order to advance his re-election prospects” is based...

Support from General Abrams

At the onset of 1969, the Nixon administration had yet to form a definitive plan to bring peace to Vietnam, largely as a result of the North Vietnamese’s continued intransigence and a time period occupied by necessary fact gathering and policy option studies....

Reforming The Selective Service

Today the Selective Service system is on stand-by. Every male in America between the ages of 18 and 25 must register with the Selective Service System, but never has any individual since the Vietnam War era been conscripted into service. The first and last experience...

Planning for Contingencies in Vietnam

John Negroponte, pictured on the far right, prepares briefing material for Henry Kissinger en route to Paris for the peace signings. The year 1970 saw President Nixon make some profound decisions regarding United States operations in Vietnam in addition to some real...