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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Richard Nixon"”.
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Selected arguments of Richard Nixon as analyzed on the Toulmin model
The purpose of this study is to investigate a contemporary model of argument analysis and pass judgment on the value of employing the Toulmin model in the analysis of complex arguments. This study investigates the nature of the model in its working relationship to variou arguments chosen for …
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Personality and Political Leadership Explored: Richard Nixon and the Family Assistance Plan
… the paper offers a case study of President Richard Nixon's experience with the Family Assistance Plan, a landmark piece of welfare reform. In contending that character is most evident in situations that are less structured or that permit individual expression, I argue that President Nixon's …
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A persuasive analysis of selected campaign arguments of Richard M. Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign
… this study is to analyze the arguments used by Richard Nixon relative to the key issues in the 1968 presidential campaign. The objective is to record and illustrate the persuasive appeals employed. This analysis makes an attempt to reveal what of substance was said by Mr. Nixon.
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Study of United States Senate voting behavior : the issue of "law-and-order", 1969-1970.
… the war cry of the two out-of-office candidates, Richard Nixon and George C. Wallace, during the 1968 presidential campaign. Several pieces of legislation concerning proposal which their sponsors hoped would move toward restoring law-and-order to the country were acted upon by the United States …
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Red power in the age of Nixon : an analysis of the official memory of Native protest.
The Nixon administration is remembered for being one of the most progressive presidencies in history in terms of federal Native policy, and yet was still thoroughly colonial. One of the easily visible facets of its coloniality was its interactions with Native protesters, wherein government …
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From the Committee of 100 to the Committee to Re-Elect the President: The Political Campaigns of Richard M. Nixon
… the President: The Political Campaigns of Richard M. Nixon</em> offers the reader a comprehensive biography of Richard M. Nixon through the lens of his political campaigns. This thesis illustrates how Richard Nixon became one of the fiercest campaigners in 20<sup>th</sup> century American …
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What have we learned from the War on Drugs? an assessment of Mexico's counternarcotics strategy
Forty years ago, U.S. President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs. From the beginning, the United States has pursued a strategy focused on the supply-side of the issue, emphasizing eradication, interdiction, and incarceration and has pressured the government of Mexico to employ the same strategy …
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The Cyclical Nature of Moral Entrepreneurship.
… sources were used.</p> <p>Harry Anslinger and Richard Nixon were used as models to demonstrate how a cycle of moral entrepreneurship existed throughout the twentieth century.</p> <p>By testing for a cycle of moral entrepreneurship through content analysis of various sources, including …
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"Let Us Not Be Misled": A Critical Appraisal of Characterization in John Adams's Nixon in China
… historical characters in John Adams’s opera Nixon in China: Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Ch’ing, Chou En-lai and Henry Kissinger. The first chapter outlines the motivations and intentions of Adams, Goodman, Sellars and other key collaborators. The heart of the thesis is the …
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Partial Justice: Congressional Argumentation and Presidential Impeachment
… impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton argued whether each president warranted removal from office. Specifically, it establishes a four-part typology of impeachment arguments, and examines which of these arguments were advanced by each side in each case. …
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Pardon You? Pardon Me. Controversial Usage of the Presidential Pardoning Power: from Carter to Clinton.
… the president as it relates to four aspects: the Nixon pardon, political advancement, defense of the person and his party, and independent private gain through the issuance of pardons. These aspects are all a part of the modern day usage of Article II Section 2 of the Constitution.</p><p>The study …
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From Kennedy to Nixon: American Political Mythology
… in American society under Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Examining not only the nature of myth and legend, but their impact on politics, culture and society, the work is divided into three main parts. The first part examines Kennedy's assassination and the myths that grew from that event, paying …
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Sir Robert Thompson’s Better War: The British Advisory Mission and the South Vietnamese Strategic Hamlet Program, 1961-1963
… government of South Vietnam mirrored President Richard Nixon and Abrams’s later Vietnamization policy.</p> <p>Drawing from the files of the Foreign Relations of the United States, military documents located in the US National Archives, and BRIAM’s records in the British National Archives, this …
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Reflections of Fear: Mass Hysteria in Cold War Cinema 1946-1991
… Cold War fears: this was a time where President Richard Nixon was engaged in Détente and relations with China and the Soviet Union improved. The 1970’s was also a major time of economic crisis in the United States: the energy crisis so many Americans feared replaced the Cold War in importance. …
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Embedded ideologies: Nixon, Kissinger, and the South Asia crisis 1971
… how ideological precepts conditioned President Richard Nixon and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger’s decision-making process and produced a costly and unstable foreign policy during the 1971 India-Pakistan crisis and war. Based primarily on a close reading of archival sources in the …
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No More Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: The Nixon Doctrine, South Korea, and the Vietnam War
… from 1969 until the end of the Vietnam War, the Richard Nixon administration and the South Korean Park Chung-hee administration, balanced their own priorities with those of their bilateral allies. For President Nixon and his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger, the foreign policy priority …
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Stop Talking about Sorrow: Nixon’s Communications Strategy after Lam Son 719
<p>March 1971 was tough for President Richard Nixon. The American people were tired of the Vietnam War, with many still recovering from the violent anti-war protests of 1970. Congress had just passed an amendment prohibiting U.S. ground troops from operating outside of the borders of South Vietnam. …
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Elecciones presidenciales en Estados Unidos y su impacto en los mercados accionarios: un estudio de eventos para 49 industrias en los últimos 13 periodos electorales
… El caso comprende 13 periodos electorales desde Richard Nixon hasta Joe Biden y se fundamenta metodológicamente en un estudio de eventos. El ejercicio a grandes rasgos señala que, sí existe un efecto de los eventos electorales sobre los retornos, sin embargo, estadísticamente los resultados son …
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"All the Crises Reached a Concerted Crescendo" - The Arab Oil Embargo and Why the United States Was Unprepared for It
… notably Henry Kissinger, Anwar el-Sadat, and Richard Nixon, Senate hearings testimony, recently declassified government documents detailing plans for U.S. invasion, and contemporary newspapers which recorded public perception. I argue that decades of living with cheaply priced oil, an over …
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The rise of the Reagan Democrats in Warren, Michigan, 1964-1984
… Democrats defected to vote for George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. This study examines three controversies that contributed to this "Democratic defection." The first was the 1970 effort by federal officials to require open housing in Warren in return for urban renewal grants. After …
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