Richard Nixon is remembered as the president who carried out a pivotal shift in the US’ postwar foreign policy. His foreign policy included the Nixon Doctrine, a thaw with China, and a détente with ...

Nixon was cunning and secretive, too often devious and very insecure. Trump is noisy, boastful and publicly vengeful, calling for “transparency” and concealing his insecurity with braggadocio. ...

also known as the Nixon Doctrine, in a speech on 25th July 1969. This meant building up the capacity of the armed forces of America’s allies in Vietnam until they could take responsibility for ...

During the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon coined the “madman theory” of politics. The idea was to bully the Communist bloc into thinking he might do something crazy, such as using nuclear weapons ...

He introduced a policy of ‘Vietnamisation’, also known as the Nixon Doctrine, in a speech on 25 July 1969. This entailed building up the armed forces of America’s allies, until they could ...

During the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon coined the “madman theory” of politics. The idea was to bully the Communist bloc into thinking he might do something crazy, such as using nuclear weapons, to ...