Negative Space: Richard Nixon
- All the President’s Men
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Probably one of the most influential events in journalism history made into one of the best films of the seventies.
- All the President’s Men
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Supposedly written because Robert Redford wanted to base a movie on the book, this is a great memoir of two journalists wondering what the hell was up after a failed burglary on an office in the Watergate Building.
- Introduction
- You have to love the politicalese of this introduction. They had to know that Nixon (and probably Congress) wanted no such thing as a “rational” recommendation.
- Lessons for new Presidents: Entangling long-term alliances
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How will our foreign policy change after President Obama’s Fortress America?
- The Palace Guard
- This is an amazing account of the rise of Nixon’s White House staff: Mitchell, Haldeman, and Erlichman. It’s also interesting seeing clear media bias, from one of the media’s then-leading lights, over thirty years after he wrote it, and eight years after his own self-made demise.
- Should we be pessimistic about good governance going into 2016?
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As we head into the final year of President Obama’s presidency, and a new election year, it may help to look into the past for guidance.
More Information
- Nixon Tapes Reveal Twisted Roots Of Marijuana Prohibition
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“The Nixon White House tapes demonstrate that the foundation of the modern war on marijuana was Nixonian prejudice, culture war and misinformation. Doug McVay [listened] to the Nixon tapes to find conversations about the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse. He found Nixon blaming calls for marijuana legalization on Jews.”
