Presidential Chronicles

Episode #390: Richard Nixon #3: The Political Journey Begins (1945-1948)

Richard Nixon #3: The Political Journey Begins (1945-1948); Topics covered include: Campaigns for Congress, birth of Tricia Nixon, Attacks incumbent Congressman Jerry Voorhis as being aligned with Communists, wins congressional election, opposes Harry Truman administration on domestic policies but supports on foreign policy, serves on the Herter Commission, supports the Marshall Plan, and wins re-election Key people include: Herman Perry, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon, Lou Cannon, Murray Chotiner, Jerry Voorhis, John Kennedy, Harry Truman, George Marshall, and Christian Herter For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #389: Richard Nixon #2: Marriage and War (1937-1945)

Richard Nixon #2: Marriage and War (1937-1945); Topics covered include: Passes the Bar, attorney for Wingert & Bewley, meets Patricia Ryan, courts her, eventually marries her, start of World War II, gets a job in Washington, D.C. with the Office of Price Administration, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, the U.S. enters World War II, Nixon resigns from the OPA to join the Navy, requests combat duty, assigned to the South Pacific Air Transport Command in the Solomon Islands, serves honorably, learns cursing and poker (good at both), rotates home in July 1944, and the end of World War II Key people include: Thomas Bewley, Patrician Ryan, Adolf Hitler, and Franklin Roosevelt For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #388: Richard Nixon #1: From the Farm to the Law (1913-1937)

Richard Nixon #1: From the Farm to the Law (1913-1937); Topics covered include: Parents meet in Whittier (CA), rough upbringing, work in father's store, education, first love (Ola Florence Welch), deaths of brothers (Arthur and Harold), attends Whittier College, attends Duke Law School, relationship with Ola Florence ends, and graduates third in his class Key people include: Frank Nixon, Hannah (Milhous) Nixon, Almira Milhous, Harold Nixon, Ola Florence Welch, Arthur Nixon, and Gail Jobe For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #387: Lyndon Johnson #15: Back at the Ranch (1969-1973)

Lyndon Johnson #15: Back at the Ranch (1969-1973); Topics covered include: Richard Nixon's inaugurated as President; the Johnsons return to the LBJ Ranch in Texas; Core projects: run the Ranch, establish the LBJ School of Public Policy, establish the LBJ Library, and write his presidential memoirs ("The Vantage Point"); interviews with Walter Cronkite, attend the liftoff of Apollo 11 (mission to the moon), participation in a Civil Rights Symposium at the LBJ Library, reflections on LBJ and civil rights, LBJ's health, and his passing on January 22, 1973 Key people include: Richard Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Spiro Agnew, Bayard Rustin, and Clarence Mitchell For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/

Episode #386: Lyndon Johnson #14: 1968: "Living in a Continuous Nightmare" (1968)

Lyndon Johnson #14: 1968: "Living in a Continuous Nightmare" (1968); Topics covered include: 1968 State of the Union Address, inflation rise and proposed tax surcharge to comabt, difficulties in Vietnam, the Tet Offensive and the reaction in the United States, requests for more troops and Johnson's response, Johnson announced he would neither seek nor accept the Democratic nomination for President (and response), the North Vietnamese agree to sit down for peace negotiation, assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., passage of the Fair Housig Act, approval of the tax surcharge, Vice President Hubert Humphrey enters the Democratic primary, assassination of Bobby Kennedy, Johnson's aborted attempt to elevate Abe Fortas to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Homer Thornberry as an Associate Justice on the Court, 1968 Democratic Convention including mass protests and the nomination of Humphrey, Humphrey breaks with Johnson over the Vietnam War, Johnson accuses the Richard Nixon campaign of working behind the scenes to thwart the peace talk in Paris prior to the election, Nixon wins the President after which the South Vietnamese finally agree to participate in the peace talks, successful mission for Apollo 8 and orbitting the moon, and Johnson's final speech to Congress shortly before the end of his presidency Key people include: Ho Chi Minh, Walter Cronkite, Eugene McCarthy, Bobby Kennedy, William Westmoreland, Clark Clifford, Matthew Ridgway, Dean Acheson, Harry Truman, William Fulbright, Averill Harriman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Hubert Humphrey, Earl Warren, Abe Fortas, Homer Thornberry, Richard Nixon, Nguyen Van Thieu, Anna Chennault, Everett Dirksen, H.R. Haldeman, and John Mitchell For more information on the "Presidential Chronicles" series, please visit https://www.presidentialchronicles.com/