Dec 17, 2009
Article abstract: A realist in foreign policy, Nixon renewed American relations with the People’s Republic of China, achieved détente with the Soviet Union, and ended the United States’ involvement in Vietnam. Ironically, because of his “Watergate coverup,” he aroused public and congressional opposition to the “imperial presidency.”
Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, in Southern California, on January 9, 1913, the son of Francis A. Nixon and Hannah Milhous Nixon. “Frank” Nixon was a small businessman, and Richard...
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