The Presidency: Nixon, the War and Watergate
The 1968 and 1972 Elections 1968 1972
The Vietnam War, 1968-1973 Vietnamization Kent State Riot the My Lai incident Pentagon Papers
Nixon’s Foreign Policy the Vietnam War and China Détente SALT Yom Kippur War OPEC & oil embargo
The Environmental Movement Clean Air Act, 1970 Water Pollution Control Act, 1972 Endangered Species Act, 1973 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
The Imperial Presidency The limited vs. the imperial executive Decline of party functions Modern communications The welfare state & the growth of bureaucracy America’s world role
Watergate
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