Richard Nixon : : Speeches, Writings, Documents /

Richard Nixon : : Speeches, Writings, Documents / / Richard Nixon; Rick Perlstein.

The first book to present America's most controversial president in his own words across his entire career, this unique collection of Richard Nixon's most important writings dramatically demonstrates why he has had such a profound impact on American life. This volume gathers everything fro...

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Nixon, Richard,
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Perlstein, Rick,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2008
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
Series:The James Madison Library in American Politics
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • General Editor's Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Bibliographic Note
  • I. Youth
  • 1. From RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978)
  • 2. Two letters (1923 and 1924)
  • 3. "Our Privileges under the Constitution" (1929)
  • 4. From the Frank Gannon interviews (1983)
  • II. Congress
  • 5. "The Hiss Case-A Lesson for the American People" (January 26, 1950)
  • 6. The "Pink Sheet" (1950)
  • 7. The "Checkers Speech" (September 23, 1952)
  • III. Vice President
  • 8. "When you go out to shoot rats" (March 13, 1954)
  • 9. The "Kitchen Debate" (July 24, 1959)
  • 10. Opening Statement, The Great Debate: Kennedy v. Nixon (September 26, 1960)
  • IV. Comeback
  • 11. "Gentlemen, this is my last press conference" (November 6, 1962)
  • 12. "The irresponsible tactics of some of the extreme civil rights leaders" (February 12, 1964)
  • 13. "Appraisal from Manila" (November 4, 1966)
  • 14. "What Has Happened to America?" (Reader's Digest, October 1967)
  • 15. "Asia after Viet Nam" (Foreign Affairs, October 1967)
  • 16. "The first civil right of every American is to be free from domestic violence" (August 8, 1968)
  • V. President
  • 17. "To lower our voices would be a simple thing" (inaugural address, January 20, 1969)
  • 18. "The present welfare system has to be judged a colossal failure" (August 8, 1969)
  • 19. "The great silent majority of my fellow Americans" (November 3, 1969)
  • 20. "The postwar period in international relations has ended" ("State of the World" message, February 18, 1970)
  • 21. Four Vietnam Statements (1970)
  • 22. Two political statements (1970)
  • 23. "Our best days lie ahead" (August 15, 1971)
  • 24. "One China" (February 24, 1972)
  • 25. "He can undisappear if we want him to" (June 23, 1972)
  • 26. "Her name was Tanya" (August 23, 1972)
  • 27. "There can be no whitewash at the White House" (April 30, 1973)
  • 28. "I am not a crook" (November 17, 1973)
  • 29. "I made clear there was to be no coverup" (April 29, 1974)
  • 30. "My mother was a saint" (August 9, 1974)
  • Index

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