Nixon's gamble : : how a president's own secret government destroyed his administration / / Ray Locker.
"After taking the Oath of Office, Richard Nixon announced that 'government will listen... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in' and signed National Security Decision Memorandum 2. Using years of research and newly released NSC and administration documents, Ray Locker...
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Place / Publishing House: | Guilford, Connecticut : : Lyons Press,, [2016] 2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (353 pages) |
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504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Part I. Taking the gamble -- Origins -- Nixon takes charge (1969) -- First moves (1969) -- The secret wiretaps (1969) -- The military's harsh awakening (1969) -- Cooking intelligence with SALT (1969-1970) -- The Cambodia sideshow (1970) -- Nixon's war with the FBI (1970) -- Chile (1970) -- Laos and other crises (1970-1971) -- China (1971) -- Pentagon papers and FBI (1971) -- India-Pakistan (1971) -- Triumphs (1972) -- Watergate and early cover-up (1972) -- Part II. The unraveling -- Early 1973 -- May 1973 -- The White House tapes -- Spy ring cover-up (1973-1974) -- Impeachment (1974) -- Epilogue: Ramifications. | |
520 | 2 | |a "After taking the Oath of Office, Richard Nixon announced that 'government will listen... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in' and signed National Security Decision Memorandum 2. Using years of research and newly released NSC and administration documents, Ray Locker upends conventional wisdom about the Nixon presidency and shows how the creation of this secret, unprecedented, extra-constitutional government undermined U.S. policy and values; and sowed the seeds of his own destruction by creating a climate of secrecy, paranoia, and reprisal that still affects Washington today"--Provided by publisher. | |
588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Nixon, Richard M. |q (Richard Milhous), |d 1913-1994. |
600 | 1 | 0 | |a Nixon, Richard M. |q (Richard Milhous), |d 1913-1994 |x Political and social views. |
650 | 0 | |a Official secrets |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a Paranoia |x Political aspects |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a Revenge |x Political aspects |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a Political culture |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a Presidents |z United States |v Biography. | |
651 | 0 | |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1969-1974. | |
651 | 0 | |a United States |x Foreign relations |y 1969-1974. | |
651 | 0 | |a United States |x Military policy. | |
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776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Locker, Ray. |t Nixon's gamble : how a president's own secret government destroyed his administration. |d Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2016] |
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