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Copyrighted Material INDEX Aaron, David 537–8 presidential campaign of 1968 330 ABM see antiballistic missiles presidential campaign of 1972 333 abortion 260 public/media perceptions 292–3, Abrahamsen, David 12, 33 298, 529 Abrams, Floyd 301 relationship with R.M. Nixon abuse-of-government-power 551, 339–41 554, 559 resignation 331, 337–9 academic studies 110 speeches and rhetoric 331–2 Adams, John 425 Aitken, Jonathan 17–18, 40–43, 109, Adams, Sherman 105 341, 496, 511 administrative presidency 185–201 Alaska 284–6 analytical prelude 186–7 Alaskan Indians 206, 285 career officials 192–3 Allende, Salvador 470–472 contextual tools 189–93 Alsop, Stewart 30–31, 525 emergence 187–9 Ambrose, Stephen impacts and legacies 196–8 Agnew, Spiro T. 341 political appointees 189–92 foreign policy 341, 403–4, 463 strategies 189 post-presidential years 491–2, structure, money and rules 194–6 497, 511 unilateral tools 194–6 pre-presidential years 16, 20–21, affirmative action COPYRIGHTED203, 207–8, 38, MATERIAL 56, 70, 102–3, 106, 220, 227 109, 114 Agnew, Spiro T. 153–6, 179, 328–42 Anderson, Jack 165 civil rights policy 216 Andrews, Bert 293–4 downfall 335–7, 499 Andrews, Philip 9, 29 memoirs 330, 332, 337–8 anti-Semitism 523–4 political realignment 260 antiballistic missiles (ABM) 153, 351 A Companion to Richard M. Nixon, First Edition. Edited by Melvin Small. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Published 2011 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. SSmall_bindex.inddmall_bindex.indd 661313 22/10/2011/10/2011 99:44:17:44:17 AAMM 614 INDEX antiwar protests 311–15, 321 psychobiographies 9, 11–13, 32–3, Arab-Israeli War 346, 348, 353, 366, 495–6, 526–8 374–5 rehabilitation 33–43 Arbenz, Jacobo 460 revisionism 487–94, 535 Arena, C. Richard 36 scholarly biographies 20–23 ascendant biographies 9–11 Soviet Union 401–6 assassinations vice-presidential years 29–32, Kennedy, Robert F. 150 102–4, 106–12 King, Rev. Martin Luther Jr. 153, Watergate 486–97 154 see also memoirs Ngo Dinh Diem 172 Bird, Kai 91–2 autobiographies see memoirs Black, Conrad 16–19, 45, 49, 109–10, 144, 158, 556–7 Balogh, Brian 278 Black, Earl and Merle 129, 258 Bangladesh 372–3 Black, Hugo 325–6 Barber, James David 11, 32–3 Block, Herbert 75, 526 Basosi, Duccio 452 Blumberg, Nathan 111 Bean, Jonathan J. 227–8 Bochin, Hal 381 Bender, Peter 414 Boddy, Manchester 73–4 Bentley, Elizabeth 92–3 Bonastia, Christopher 226–7 Berlin agreement 354–5 Bosso, Christopher 279 Berman, Larry 368 Bradlee, Benjamin 60–61 Bernstein, Carl 178–9, 303, 482–3, Brandt, Willy 348, 450, 454 497, 523, 529–30 Bretton Woods system 237, 240–241, Bevin, Ernest 79 246, 250, 445, 451–3 biographies Brezhnev, Leonid 15, 353–4, 366, access to historical documents 7–9 374, 405–7, 437 age of Nixon 43–6 Brinkley, Douglas 114, 515 Agnew, Spiro T. 341 British National Archives 454 ascendant biographies 9–11 Broadwater, Jeff 112 congressional years 68–83 Broder, David 255–6 early works 27–9 Brodie, Fawn 12, 36, 108 Eisenhower, Dwight David 102–6, Brooks, Karl 280 111–14 Brown, Bertram 188 European Community 452–4 Buchanan, Patrick J. 158, 169, 328, Ford, Gerald R. 500–501, 507–8, 332–3, 340 510–516 Buchwald, Art 520 Goldwater, Barry 126 Buckley, William F. 435–6 Hiss, Alger 86–7 Bundy, William 364, 407, 469–70 Kissinger, Henry 363–5, 368, Burk, Robert 112–13 403–4, 408–10, 449–50, 472 Burnham, Walter Dean 253 Nixon, Pat 106 Burns, Arthur 237, 241, 244–7, post-presidential years 491–7 249, 452 post-Watergate 10, 12, 17–20 Burr, William 408, 427, 432–3 pre-political years 27–48 Bush, George H.W. 296 pre-presidential years 7–26 Bush, George W. 497, 531, 535 presidential years 32 Bussiere, Eric 452 SSmall_bindex.inddmall_bindex.indd 661414 22/10/2011/10/2011 99:44:17:44:17 AAMM INDEX 615 Butterfield, Alexander 62, 485, 546–7 achievements of R.M. Nixon 434–8 Butz, Earl 285 background events 425–6 Byrd, Robert 483 biographies of R.M. Nixon 15, 21 détente and linkage strategies 401, Cabinet Committee on Economic 406, 412–13 Policy 164 European Community 444, 446 Cabinet Room 546–7, 551 foreign policy 345–8, 350–351, CALCAV see Clergy and Laymen 353–5, 359 Concerned About Vietnam Kissinger, Henry 353–5, 362–3, Cambodia 166, 312, 390 366–7, 371–3, 426–39 Camp David 242–6, 452, 546–9 Nixon, Pat 61 Campbell, Alexander 96–7 presidential campaign of 1968 153 Cannon, James 512–13 presidential campaign of 1972 165, Caputo, David 193, 197 167, 174, 180 Carson, Rachel 276 rapprochement approach Carter, Jimmy of R.M. Nixon 428–30 foreign policy 401, 406–7, 413, 417 sources and overview 426–8 Kissinger, Henry 371 strategy of R.M. Nixon 431–4 presidential campaign of 1972 182 Taiwan 430, 435–7 presidential campaign of 1976 triangular diplomacy 434 499–500, 516 Chotiner, Murray 53–4, 108 Watergate 496–7 Church, Frank 285 Carty, Thomas 123 Churchill, Winston 13 Carwardine, Richard 24 CIA see Central Intelligence Agency Casey, Shaun 123 CitriFrost 42 Castro, Fidel 347, 469 Civil Rights Act (1957) 80 Cavalieri, Elena 452 Civil Rights Act (1964) 219, 257 CCMS see Committee on the civil rights policy 19 Challenges of Modern Society Agnew, Spiro T. 333 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) dissenters 325–6 dissenters 317–19, 321, 323 political realignment 257–9, 262–4 foreign policy 470, 472–3 presidential campaign of 1960 129, Watergate 481, 486, 488 134–6 centralization 186–7, 192, 197 presidential campaign of 1968 143, CEQ see Council on Environmental 154, 214 Quality presidential campaign of 1972 Chambers, Whittaker 72, 84–5, 87, 167, 176 90, 92–6, 294 presidential years 203, 206–8, Chang, Jung 412 212–34 Chapin, Dwight 482 Clean Air Act 80, 277–8, 282 Checkers speech 51, 56, 292, 294, Clean Water Act (1972) 282–4 494, 523–4 Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Chen Jian 412, 428, 431 Vietnam (CALCAV) 146 Chennault, Anna 157–8 Clifford, Clark 148–9, 153, 157–9 Chester, Lewis 214–15 Clinton, Bill 531, 535 Chile 2, 415, 460–461, 463, 469–74 Clinton, Hillary 63–4 China, People’s Republic of 1, 425–43 Cloes, Elizabeth 35 SSmall_bindex.inddmall_bindex.indd 661515 22/10/2011/10/2011 99:44:17:44:17 AAMM 616 INDEX Coastal Zone Management Act (1972) Costa Rica 468 287 Costello, William 11, 31, 68–9 Coatsworth, John Henry 467–8, 473 Council on Environmental Quality Cohen, Richard 339 (CEQ) 275, 277, 285–7 Cold War Cowie, Jefferson 265 biographies of R.M. Nixon 16–17 Cox, Edward Ridley Finch 61 dissenters 312, 315–16, 319, 322 Coyne, Patrick 88 European Community 444 Craig, Bruce 92 foreign policy 346, 348, 351–2, CREEP see Committee to Re-Elect 358–9 the President Kissinger, Henry 362–3, 367–71, Crespino, Joseph 129 374 Critchlow, Donald 126, 266 presidential campaign of 1960 137 Cronin, John 86–8 presidential campaign of 1968 Cronkite, Walter 298 143, 151 Crouse, Timothy 167–8, 302 presidential campaign of 1972 Crowley, Monica 515–16 174, 182 Cuba 347, 460, 464, 466, Watergate 497 469–74 see also Soviet Union Cuban Missile Crisis 469–70 Cole, Richard 193, 197 Cultural Revolution 347, 412, 431 Colodny, Len 488–9 Colson, Charles 18, 181, 299, 304 Daley, Mayor Richard 133, 152, Committee on the Challenges 167, 176 of Modern Society Dallek, Robert (CCMS) 445, 451 domestic policy 229 Committee to Re-Elect the President foreign policy 365–8, 370–373, (CREEP) 169, 172–3, 175, 375–6, 410, 430, 463 482–4, 491, 530 post-presidential years 555, 558 Communism pre-presidential years 108 biographies of R.M. Nixon 9–10, 14 Davies, Gareth 226, 228, 262 congressional years 69–77, 79–80 de Gaulle, Charles 348, 417 détente and linkage strategies 401 de Toledano, Ralph 9–10, 29, 36, 68, Hiss, Alger 84–9, 93–5 70, 107, 137, 522 Kissinger, Henry 371 de Vittorio, Giuseppe 79 Latin America 464–5 Dean, John 317–18, 483–5, 500 Nixon, Pat 54 debates 131–4 political realignment 254 DeBenedetti, Charles 392 presidential campaign of 1960 declassified documents 385–6, 388–9, 124– 6 391, 406–9, 446 presidential campaign of 1968 defence policy 2, 153 145–6, 155 DeFrank, Thomas 516 presidential campaign of 1972 174 Dent, Harry 222, 262 public/media perceptions 294, 521, détente 523–4 China, People’s Republic of 401, congressional years 68–83 406, 412–13 Connally, John 237, 243–4, 249, 260, European role 413–14 263, 333–4, 452 Kissinger, Henry 362, 368–71 SSmall_bindex.inddmall_bindex.indd 661616 22/10/2011/10/2011 99:44:17:44:17 AAMM INDEX 617 Middle East and Third World Earth Day 272, 279 415–16 economic policy 2 Soviet Union 346, 350–353, 358, background events 235–7 400–424 biographies of R.M. Nixon 19 Dewey, Thomas 72, 81 European Community 445–6, 451–3 Dinges, John 471–2 first period (Jan. 1969 to disability rights 203, 207 Feb. 1970) 238–40 dissenters 311–27 Latin America 463, 466–7, 471 administration’s responses 312–15 policy-making and presidential background events 311–12 agency 248–50 policy rationale 315–26 political realignment 261 Dobrynin, Anatoly 156, 352–4, 366, presidential campaign of 1972 164, 369, 470 165 Dod, Andrew 13 presidential years 190–191, 194–8, Dole, Bob 21 203–4, 210, 235–51 domestic policy 2–3 second period (Feb.
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