Professor Nicole Hemmer

This is the story of the Cold War Presidency, that it accrues more and more and more power in all sorts of ways, through the intelligence agencies, through the ability to wage war, through just the growth of the executive state. You end up having power because so much is focused on foreign policy and strategies for nuclear war.

This is the story of the Cold War Presidency, that it accrues more and more and more power in all sorts of ways, through the intelligence agencies, through the ability to wage war, through just the growth of the executive state. You end up having power because so much is focused on foreign policy and strategies for nuclear war.

This is the story of the Cold War Presidency, that it accrues more and more and more power in all sorts of ways, through the intelligence agencies, through the ability to wage war, through just the growth of the executive state. You end up having power because so much is focused on foreign policy and strategies for nuclear war.

So much of that power sits in the executive and rests on the person of the presidency. So Nixon is really the heir to power.

So much of that power sits in the executive and rests on the person of the presidency. So Nixon is really the heir to power.

So much of that power sits in the executive and rests on the person of the presidency. So Nixon is really the heir to power.

Nixon war überrascht von den Protesten. Er fühlte sich, als ob die Protesten illegitimiert waren. Er dachte nicht, dass die Protestanten patriotisch waren. Aber das gesagt, eine der Dinge, die Nixon während eines seiner dunklen Nachts des Sohnes gemacht hat, war, dass er runterging und mit Protestanten gesprochen hat, die in Washington, D.C. waren, die die Kriegspolitik protestierten.

Nixon war überrascht von den Protesten. Er fühlte sich, als ob die Protesten illegitimiert waren. Er dachte nicht, dass die Protestanten patriotisch waren. Aber das gesagt, eine der Dinge, die Nixon während eines seiner dunklen Nachts des Sohnes gemacht hat, war, dass er runterging und mit Protestanten gesprochen hat, die in Washington, D.C. waren, die die Kriegspolitik protestierten.

Nixon war überrascht von den Protesten. Er fühlte sich, als ob die Protesten illegitimiert waren. Er dachte nicht, dass die Protestanten patriotisch waren. Aber das gesagt, eine der Dinge, die Nixon während eines seiner dunklen Nachts des Sohnes gemacht hat, war, dass er runterging und mit Protestanten gesprochen hat, die in Washington, D.C. waren, die die Kriegspolitik protestierten.

So there really were these two sides of Nixon. You listen to the tapes and the secret tapes that he recorded in the Oval Office and he often says the worst things about protesters. He talks about wanting to shoot Quaker protesters in the face, despite the fact that he himself was a Quaker. But he also then goes down and he talks to these protesters who are gathered in the National Mall.

So there really were these two sides of Nixon. You listen to the tapes and the secret tapes that he recorded in the Oval Office and he often says the worst things about protesters. He talks about wanting to shoot Quaker protesters in the face, despite the fact that he himself was a Quaker. But he also then goes down and he talks to these protesters who are gathered in the National Mall.

So there really were these two sides of Nixon. You listen to the tapes and the secret tapes that he recorded in the Oval Office and he often says the worst things about protesters. He talks about wanting to shoot Quaker protesters in the face, despite the fact that he himself was a Quaker. But he also then goes down and he talks to these protesters who are gathered in the National Mall.

trying to have like this rap session with them to show that he hears them and sees their protests. So I think that this is part of the two sides of Richard Nixon that play out over these protests.

trying to have like this rap session with them to show that he hears them and sees their protests. So I think that this is part of the two sides of Richard Nixon that play out over these protests.

trying to have like this rap session with them to show that he hears them and sees their protests. So I think that this is part of the two sides of Richard Nixon that play out over these protests.

Right. And that conflict that's taking place within the person of the president becomes the country's conflict because of all that power he has.

Right. And that conflict that's taking place within the person of the president becomes the country's conflict because of all that power he has.

Right. And that conflict that's taking place within the person of the president becomes the country's conflict because of all that power he has.

He does. I mean, this is part of a celebratory moment in the Nixon presidency. It really is kind of like the climax before the day tomorrow of this presidency. Because he's coming off of this trip to China, where he's opening the U.S. to communist China. And then he has these peace talks. And he really does see himself in this moment as the person who is bringing order to the world.

He does. I mean, this is part of a celebratory moment in the Nixon presidency. It really is kind of like the climax before the day tomorrow of this presidency. Because he's coming off of this trip to China, where he's opening the U.S. to communist China. And then he has these peace talks. And he really does see himself in this moment as the person who is bringing order to the world.