Nixon’s Foreign Policy: Global Balance of Power By: Brandon Cowans Period: 7 Background Richard Nixon entered office in the midst of one of the gravest foreign policy crises in American history. The Cold War was at its height, hundreds of thousands of American troops were in Vietnam, and the views of society were split down the middle. With the aid of his national security adviser and secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, Nixon felt that it …showed first 75 words of 1570 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1570 total…what everyone wants, peace. Bibliography Bibliography 1. Nixon: The Fourth Year of His Presidency Congressional Quarterly Copyright 1973 by Congressional Quarterly Inc. 2. Diplomacy Henry Kissinger Published: 1994 by Simon & Schuster 3. Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy Volumes: 1 and 2 Subjects: Balance of Power, The Nixon Doctrine 4. Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power Rowland Evans, Jr. and Robert D. Novak Published: 1971 by Random House Inc. 5. Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913 – 1962 Stephen E. Ambrose Published: 1987 by Simon & Schuster