Presidents andtheir Decisoins Richard M. Nixon

The book Presidents and Their Decisions : Richard M . Nixon ' is an assortment of essays written by many very well known social and political giants of Washington who either praised Nixon or criticized him . Nixon was a driven individual of high intelligence who emerged from humble beginnings and was willing to behave ruthlessly in to secure power and influence . Nixon , who took office in 1969 , had an instinctive bent toward foreign affairs and was a realists who believed that the United States should pursue a foreign policy closely aligned with the country 's

national interests rather than one directed mainly by ideological and moral concerns , as these had contributed to a proliferation of foreign commitments , heightened Cold War tensions and created a tendency to see the world in simplistic black and white categories

In domestic affairs , inflation was President Nixon 's most persistent economic problem . Initially , he tried to cut federal expenditures , but the annual budget deficits of his administration grew to become the largest in history up to that time . In 1971 and 1973 the administration devalued the dollar in an attempt to achieve a balance of trade Despite his well known to government controls , Nixon initiated his New Economic Policy , which included unprecedented peacetime controls on wages and prices . With the opportunity to appoint four Supreme Court justices , the President was able to redirect the court toward the strict constructionism he espoused

The book details from the outset how Nixon wanted to extricate the United States from the...