Pinback button opposing President Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, c. 1970.In 1968, while running for president, Richard Nixon pledged to bring an end to the Vietnam War, but after he took office there was an expansion of the conflict and an escalation of bombings. The president's hawkish policies contrasted with his Quaker upbringing, as cleverly pointed out by this classic pinback from the Vietnam period.
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