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Nixon's Gamble: How a President’s Own Secret - Hardcover, by Locker Ray
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Hardcover
- Era
- 2010s
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Ex-Library
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781493009312
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1493009311
ISBN-13
9781493009312
eBay Product ID (ePID)
210302009
Product Key Features
Book Title
Nixon's Gamble : How a President's Own Secret Government Destroyed His Administration
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Public Policy / Military Policy, United States / 20th Century, General, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / Executive Branch, Political Freedom
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-030923
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
The story we only thought we knew. Ray Locker gives us back our lost perspective on Richard Nixon and the governance we inherited from his tragedy. This courageous, graceful book is a major achievement and lasting public service." -- Roger Morris, author of Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician
Dewey Decimal
973.924092
Table Of Content
Table of contents Part I Prologue Origins Nixon takes charge (1969) First moves (1969) The secret wiretaps (1969) The military's harsh awakening (1969) Cooking intelligence with SALT (1969) The Cambodia sideshow (1970) Nixon's war with the FBI (1970) Chile (1970) Laos and other crises (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) Part III, Ramifications Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
After being sworn in as president, Richard Nixon told the assembled crowd that "government will listen. ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in." But that same day, he obliterated those pledges of greater citizen control of government by signing National Security Decision Memorandum 2, a document that made sweeping changes to the national security power structure. Nixon's signature erased the influence that the departments of State and Defense, as well as the CIA, had over Vietnam and the course of the Cold War. The new structure put Nixon at the center, surrounded by loyal aides and a new national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, who coordinated policy through the National Security Council under Nixon's command. Using years of research and revelations from newly released documents, USA Today reporter Ray Locker upends much of the conventional wisdom about the Nixon administration and its impact and shows how the creation of this secret, unprecedented, extra-constitutional government undermined U.S. policy and values. In doing so, Nixon sowed the seeds of his own destruction by creating a climate of secrecy, paranoia, and reprisal that still affects Washington today., After being sworn in as president, Richard Nixon told the assembled crowd that "government will listen. ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in." But that same day, he obliterated those pledges of greater citizen control of government by signing National Security Decision Memorandum 2, a document that made sweeping changes to the ......
LC Classification Number
E856.L63 2016
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- o***e (302)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAs described, shipped timely. Thank you
- -***- (245)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseJust as pictured. I am happy with this used book. Yes weathered but in great reading condition. The pages are in great shape. Very happy. Thank you.
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