Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon, the 37th US President, transformed the Cold War's strategic geometry through his opening to China in 1972 and the détente policy he pursued with Kissinger, signing SALT I and establishing the framework for superpower arms control. His presidency was marked by the paradox of genuine foreign policy achievement — triangular diplomacy, the end of US ground combat in Vietnam, the Helsinki process — and domestic catastrophe, as the Watergate scandal forced his resignation in August 1974, the only US president to resign from office.

• Lived: 1913 CE – 1994 CE
• Nationality: American
• Roles: president, vice_president, senator

Related

• The Cold War
• SALT I and the Era of Détente
• Nixon's Opening to China
• Vietnam War Escalation: US Combat Troops Deploy