Politics, War, and Watergate

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Politics, War, and Watergate The Nixon Years Politics, War, and Watergate

Democratic Weaknesses Lessons from ‘Weather Underground’ film:

Political Strategies: Campaign Ads? Blame Dems for war – he’d be more effective at fighting the war Blame Dems for instability, domestic violence, protests, riots, negatives in Vietnam – provide stability, law and order Correct mistakes of the past

Political Strategies Appealing to ‘Taxi Driver’ America?

Views of City? Scum Sewer Anti-urban Problems

Views on Politics?

Views on Politics? Apathetic Angry Frustrated Non-idealistic Interested himself Individualistic

Views on Power and Justice?

Views on Power and Justice?

Nixon’s Political Strategies Kevin Phillips’, ‘Emerging Republican Majority’: Republicans could win (and did) from 1968-1992 Southern Strategy – use “hostility to blacks and browns” as political strategy (like George Wallace) Get white Catholics, ethnic whites, and white southerners to permanently switch to GOP Appeal to ‘Silent Majority’ of Americans: patriotic, anti-protester, anti-urban Law and Order campaign: used images of riots, protests, and fear to sway voters Silent Majority of Americans were the real victims (of protests, draft, taxes, civil rights, economy)

Foreign Policies and Actions Focus on Big Fish – wanted to open up trade, talks with China and USSR, decrease Cold War tension Vietnam - Policy of Vietnamization – turn over war to South Vietnamese army Secrecy - secret bombings of N.V., Cambodia, Laos; secret negotiations w/ N.V. U.S. detachment from Vietnam conflict – use rhetoric of peace and withdrawal, while continuing bombings to force N.V. to accept split Vietnam Heightened rhetoric against protesters = protesters were anti-American, helping North Vietnam

Vietnamization

Secrecy

Secret Wars: Cambodia & Laos

Vietnam Policies, 1968-1974

Watergate Connections to Vietnam War Nixon’s insecurity and fear of political opposition Use of FBI to spy on and undermine antiwar and civil rights movements Political dirty tricks to hurt political rivals Covered up instead of coming clean

Conclusions Nixon’s foreign policies towards China and USSR were fairly successful, opened up lines of communication Deceitful policies in Vietnam: rhetoric of peace, while bombing and prolonging war U.S. involvement in Vietnam War dragged on for 6 more years as he used it as pawn in larger foreign policy Nixon’s southern strategy and appeals to ‘silent majority’ widened political and social rifts in U.S. Watergate and corruption further weakened people’s trust in government Republicans benefited in long run from increasing distrust of government

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