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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Nixon's Extra Innings

Think about anything else that you want to discuss in the last two classes! 

  • Tuesday, Dec 6: Schoen, ch. 7-8.  Adjourn at noon for course evals.  Bring your devices.
  • Thursday, Dec 8:  Schoen afterword, final thoughts and questions.  

From Leaders (1982):

At first glance, it may seem surprising that so many of the great leaders during this period were so old. And yet on reflection it is not surprising. Many had a "wilderness" period. The insights and wisdom they gained during that period, and the strength they developed in fighting back from it, were key elements in the greatness they demonstrated later.
Newsweek 1986 (Schoen 315)



Meet the Press in 1988



1988:  Work starts on the Nixon Library  Two years later, it opens -- amid controversy, of course.

Nixon advises Bush 41 on the Gulf War

Christmas Day, 1991, the Soviet Union dissolves.

Nixon returns (by video) to a GOP convention:



Late releases of tapes do not help the campaign

And the reahab is not entirely successful:

Retrospective Job Approval Ratings of Last 10 U.S. Presidents


RN dies, April 22, 1994




For next week:  legacies

Individuals

 

Institutions, Laws, Policies

Norms





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