Nixon's gamble : how a president's own secret government destroyed his administration

Locker, Ray.

Book 2015

"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. polic...

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ISBN:

9781493009312
1493009311

Description:

352 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

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

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1372219

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