Richard Nixon Essay Test

Richard Nixon died in 1994, leaving behind not an iconic legacy that was well-deserved, but a legacy of political, military, and moral tragedy.  Comment

I.  Nixon as a person

                Henry Kissinger

II.  Foreign Policy

                1.  Détente

     A.  China

                1.  Ping Pong Diplomacy

     B.  U.S.S.R.-Soviet Union

                Salt I talks

                Triangular Diplomacy

     C.  Vietnamization

 

     D.  Arab-Israeli relations

     E.  Indo-Pakistan conflict

     F.  Chile

III.  Domestic policy

     A.  Oil Crisis/OPEC

     B.  EPA/Equal Rights amendment

IV.  Watergate

     A.  Politics

     B.  Morality