Mar 10, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
RN, PN, Prime Minister Heath, and Queen Elizabeth II gather for a photo in front of Chequers By Chris Barber On President Nixon’s second state visit to Europe, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom hosted him, as is customary at Chequers, for discussions on...
Mar 5, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News
By Chris Barber Having witnessed the necessity of U.S. support for post-war Western Europe under the Marshall Plan as a Congressman, Richard Nixon the President viewed his first foreign trip to Europe as priority above all else. On February 6, 1969, President Nixon...
Feb 27, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Chris Barber A new era of Sino-U.S. relations as the flags of both countries are displayed side by side in mutual respect. 42 years ago— on a day that marked the end of President Nixon’s stay in the People’s Republic of China—RN observed: “We have been here a week....
Feb 21, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
Max Lerner, syndicated American journalist and known Nixon opponent, said of President Nixon’s announcement of his planned trip to Beijing, “The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope.” That hope being...
Feb 14, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Chris Barber RN and Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall swearing in Walter E. Washington, accompanied by his wife, as Mayor of the District of Columbia. This week marks the 45th anniversary of President Nixon’s swearing-in of Walter E. Washington as Mayor of...
Feb 14, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Will Swift, author of the newly released Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage Click here for PAT AND DICK: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage The President and Mrs. Nixon walk on the beach in San Clemente. When Dick Nixon and...