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Whittier College, B.A. "Social and Political Theory and Application," 2016
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Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets, 2000
Vice-President Richard Nixon’s 1953 diplomatic mission to Asia was a watershed in the development... more Vice-President Richard Nixon’s 1953 diplomatic mission to Asia was a watershed in the development of his understanding of the Eastern world, extending the goodwill of the United States to a number of countries and providing Nixon a background in the region’s geopolitical processes and affairs in the wake of the Chinese communist revolution. Through analysis of publically-available primary documents located at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California, this paper examines and analyzes the ideological framework located within Nixon’s 1953 diplomatic trip in the broader context of the Cold War. In mainland Southeast Asia, namely the countries of Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), Nixon’s visits illustrate the significant influence of the communist threat on American foreign policy directives in the region. Evidence indicates that this trip provided Nixon on-the-ground insight into the political dynamics of the region, including a deeper awareness of the features and functions of communism in the societies that he was visiting, and helped to shape the public perceptions of him at home and abroad. Nixon’s trip enabled him to recognize Southeast Asia’s growing significance on the world’s stage, providing important insights about the implications of the rise of the People’s Republic of China, the intensifying Cold War against communism in Southeast Asia, and the importance of American involvement throughout the region that would last throughout his career and into his presidency. The evidence presented here also suggests that Nixon’s trip enhanced public perceptions of his abilities as a policy maker, and thus in turn his rise to the U.S. presidency, where his own understanding of Asia, developed especially during his 1953 trip, took on new but old directions with massive global implications.
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets, 2000
Vice-President Richard Nixon’s 1953 diplomatic mission to Asia was a watershed in the development... more Vice-President Richard Nixon’s 1953 diplomatic mission to Asia was a watershed in the development of his understanding of the Eastern world, extending the goodwill of the United States to a number of countries and providing Nixon a background in the region’s geopolitical processes and affairs in the wake of the Chinese communist revolution. Through analysis of publically-available primary documents located at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California, this paper examines and analyzes the ideological framework located within Nixon’s 1953 diplomatic trip in the broader context of the Cold War. In mainland Southeast Asia, namely the countries of Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), Nixon’s visits illustrate the significant influence of the communist threat on American foreign policy directives in the region. Evidence indicates that this trip provided Nixon on-the-ground insight into the political dynamics of the region, including a deeper awareness of the features and functions of communism in the societies that he was visiting, and helped to shape the public perceptions of him at home and abroad. Nixon’s trip enabled him to recognize Southeast Asia’s growing significance on the world’s stage, providing important insights about the implications of the rise of the People’s Republic of China, the intensifying Cold War against communism in Southeast Asia, and the importance of American involvement throughout the region that would last throughout his career and into his presidency. The evidence presented here also suggests that Nixon’s trip enhanced public perceptions of his abilities as a policy maker, and thus in turn his rise to the U.S. presidency, where his own understanding of Asia, developed especially during his 1953 trip, took on new but old directions with massive global implications.