TIL that US President Richard Nixon tried to convince other leaders that he was insane, thus (supposedly) preventing them from provoking the US for fear of an irrational response.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory



Submitted March 28, 2015 at 05:02AM by Joemit46 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30jqf0/til_that_us_president_richard_nixon_tried_to/