President Nixon's Foreign Policy
Former members of President Nixon’s National Security Council talked about his foreign policy. Topics include “Vietnamization,” the Paris Peace Accords, and foreign relations with China.
877 viewsFormer members of President Nixon’s National Security Council talked about his foreign policy. Topics include “Vietnamization,” the Paris Peace Accords, and foreign relations with China.
877 viewsW.R. Smyser talked about his book Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: A Hell of a Lot Better than a War (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; August 28, 2009). In his book Mr. Smyser, former U.S. dipl…
1,149 viewsWilliam Smyser, the last person to cross the Potsdamer Platz in a car as the Berlin Wall was being erected, shared his personal recollections of the crisis. Mr. Smyser was assistant to Gener…
552 viewsA panel of historians and Central Intelligence Agency personnel talked about the Berlin crisis of 1961. Their discussion revolved around the confrontation between Soviet and U.S. tanks at Ch…
1,489 viewsFormer national security advisers and officials participated in a conference on U.S.-China relations during the Cold War. Mr. Zelikow gave a keynote address on the history of China relations…
575 viewsMr. Smyser, a former State Department official, talked about his book, From Yalta to Berlin: The Cold War Struggle Over Germany, published by St. Martins Press. He focused on his childhood i…
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