Richard Nixon Silent Majority Speech Analysis

Source 1: Nixon’s Silent Majority Speech

The Silent Majority Speech was a speech made by Richard Nixon on the 3rd of November 1969 to the American public. He did it in a bid to gain support from the American Public for his Vietnamization policies. President Nixon called upon the “Silent Majority”, the term he used to describe the Americans who approved of his policies to maintain support as he attempted to achieve Peace with Honour. In this speech Nixon maintains that he wouldn’t listen to the Anti-war movement rather do what he deems to be the right way. Through this source we can see, that although Nixon was concerned by the Anti-war movement, he refused to alter his policies to satisfy them. This adequately proves that the Anti- war movement didn’t have a didn’t have a direct influence on Nixon’s Indochinese policy. Contrarily, One could argue that because he mentioned the Anti-war movement at all he was indeed effected by them, however this is more of an indirect impact, and doesn’t demonstrate a direct influence of policy. This source shows that President Nixon refused to listen to the

This is a reputable, secondary source, however it should be noticed it is possible to have slight bias. This Article was written in response to a question about whether or not the Antiwar movement had an effect on US policy. This article proposes that the anti-war movement was not a reason for change in American policy rather it was other factors such as, the brutality and cost of the war and lack of reason for fighting. However, This source doesn’t disprove of its impact, rather states that the influence of the Antiwar movement was one that is insignificant when compared to other factors. This source remains useful due to the fact that is relevant to the question, reliable and has provided adequate reasoning and arguments behind their