Return of Nixon After His Resignation as President

 This paper seeks to examine the slow, methodical return of Nixon to the American scene in the two decades between his resignation and his death. While the challenge is to present Nixon's version of "the Long March" in an unbiased manner, it must be said that there is little resource material available which itself is unbiased. The people who knew Nixon personally either love him or hate him. The American media, to this day, almost universally despise him, although they were in some measure respectful in the days immediately following his death on April 22, 1994. The vast majority of Nixon's biographers follow the manner of the journalists.

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vember 30, he appeared before the Oxford Union. Although he was greeted by several hundred anti-Nixon demonstrators outside, the reception inside was decidedly more cordial: "At the sight of him, the eight hundred Oxford men who had gathered in the union's wood-paneled confines, broke into whistling applause, drowning out the chanting from outside" (Anson, 1984, p. 200). During the course of the two-hour session, he deftly responded to questions, and said of Watergate: "Some people say I didn't handle it properly, and they're right. I screwed it up. And I paid the price. Mea culpa. But let's get on to my achievements. You'll be here in the year 2000, and we'll see how I'm regarded then" (Ambrose, 1991, p. 521). When asked about his future plans, Nixon replied: So long as I have a breath in my body, I am going to talk about the great issues that affect the world. I am not going to keep my mouth shut. I am going to speak out for peace and for freedom. (Pausing, and his voice breaking slightly, he continued) My political life is over. Let me just make one thing clear. I'm not just going to fade away . . . (Ambrose, 1991, p. 521). As early as 1975, according to Martz, et al. (1986), "Nixon decided that the key to re
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