Even though he left public life more than 40 years ago, Richard Nixon is still a controversial figure. He had a meteoric rise in politics, and an even steeper fall. Nixon was considered to be a complex and transitional politician (Miller Center of Public Affairs 19). He had a number of positive accomplishments during his presidency, especially in foreign policy, but his methods were often less than completely ethical.
Biography
Richard Milhous Nixon was born January 9, 1913, the second of five children, in Yorba Linda, CA, a small farming community (“Richard Nixon Biography” 1). His father was a failed ...
