Nixon and the Environment

by J. Brooks Flippen

Book Overview

No one remembers Richard M. Nixon as an environmental president, but a year into his presidency, he committed his administration to regulate and protect the environment. The public outrage over the Santa Barbara oil spill in early 1969, culminating in the first Earth Day in 1970, convinced Nixon that American environmentalism now enjoyed extraordinary political currency. No nature lover at heart, Nixon opportunistically tapped the burgeoning Environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826352960
• ISBN13: 9780826352965
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 5.9"