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.

• Nixon meets Churchill -- RN's recollections
• Nixon meets de Gaulle -- Safire's recollection

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:

RN dies, April 22, 1994

For next week:  legacies

Individuals

 

Institutions, Laws, Policies

Norms