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Click here for 12 full quotes from Richard Nixon in the book Ten Commandments of Statecraft.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
BOOK REVIEW:
This book is arranged in 10 chapters, with Nixon's writing on each topic, then a commentary from an historian on an historical figure with a parallel lesson. The historical figures range from Pericles to Winston Churchill.
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Foreign Policy Nixon�s Ten Commandments of Statecraft. Recommended quarantine of Cuba in 1960. 1972 "Triangularization": USSR vs. USA vs. mainland China. 1973: Egypt's Sadat represents future voice for moderation. Economic liberty mounts pressure to open up China. |
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Homeland Security Supported missile defense as means to achieve SALT. |
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Principles & Values Doggedly pursued Alger Hiss; made his name in House. Conserve concessions; get something in exchange for each one. Presidents should avoid "never" and "always". |
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War & Peace 1968 vague plan to end war accepted by both hawks & doves. North Vietnam refused to negotiate in 1968; willing in 1972. Full airlift to Israel during 1973 war. |
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