Just plain Dick : Richard Nixon's Checkers speech and the "rocking, socking" election of 1952 /
A behind-the-scenes, sixtieth anniversary commemoration of the thirty-seventh President's famous "Checkers" speech demonstrates how it salvaged a psychologically troubled Nixon's position on Eisenhower's Republican ticket, set the tone for the 1952 campaign and reflected per...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Bloomsbury,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | A behind-the-scenes, sixtieth anniversary commemoration of the thirty-seventh President's famous "Checkers" speech demonstrates how it salvaged a psychologically troubled Nixon's position on Eisenhower's Republican ticket, set the tone for the 1952 campaign and reflected period politics and culture. |
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| Physical Description: | 260 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781608198122 160819812X |