1930s President RICHARD NIXON senior high Yearbook Detente Vietnam Watergate ~++

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1930's High School Yearbook
featuring students and teachers, activities and sports, candids, pictures of the school, and local advertisement, and including many pictures, mentions, and essays from the future United States President Richard M. Nixon. Great condition, with many wonderful photos and period design.
Richard Nixon
graduated from
Duke University School of Law
and returned to California to practice law. He and his wife
Pat then
moved to Washington in 1942 to work for the
federal government
. He subsequently served on
active duty in the U.S. Navy Reserve during World War II. He
was elected to the
House of Representatives in 1946 and in the Senate in 1950
.
Nixon supported the Taft-Hartley Act
of 1947, a federal law that limited the power of labor unions, and he maintained a friendship with vehement anit-communist Joe McCarthy.
His pursuit of the
Hiss Case
established his reputation as an anti-communist and elevated him to national prominence. He was the
running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower
, the popular Republican Party presidential nominee in the
1952
. Nixon served for eight years as Vice President, becoming the second-youngest vice president in history at age 40. He waged an unsuccessful
presidential campaign in 1960
, losing to
John F. Kennedy
, and lost a race for
governor of California to Pat Brown in 1962.
In
1968
, he ran for the presidency again and was elected, defeating in the primaries Ronald Reagan, George Romney and Nelson Rockefeller, and in the general election defeating incumbent Vice President
Hubert Humphrey
. After five years of deliberation with Henry Kissinger and subsequent bombing campaigns, Nixon
ended American involvement in the war in Vietnam
at the beginning of his second term in
1973
and ended the
military draft.
His visit to Chin
a
in 1972 eventually led to
diplomatic relations between the two nations
and he initiated
detente
and the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
with the Soviet Union the same year. His administration generally transferred power from Washington D.C. to the states. He imposed wage and price controls for ninety days, enforced
desegregation
of Southern schools, established the
Environmental Protection Agency
and began the
"War on Cancer."
He also presided over the
Apollo 11 moon landing. In 1972 he was re-elected, defeated George McGovern
.
The Nixon administration militarily supported
a coup in Chile
that ousted popularly elected Salvadore Allende
and propelled
right wing dictator Augusto Pinochet to power
. By late 1973, the
Watergate scandal
cost Nixon his political support. On August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain
impeachment
and removal from office—the only time a U.S. president has done so.
Very Good to Excellent Condition
hardback issue with tight binding and text and clean pages, with no must or mildew or missing pieces, and mild shelf wear. Solid.
Great rarity featuring the early life and times of a United States historic figure. Just waiting for a good home.
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