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Fatal politics : the Nixon tapes, the Vietnam War, and the casualties of reelection /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Ken, 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Subjects:
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994 > Political and social views.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Political aspects > United States.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1972.
Audiotapes.
Table of Contents:
  • Vietnamization
  • "A nightmare of recrimination"
  • "A hell of a shift"
  • How to kill a withdrawal deadline
  • Ted Kennedy
  • The liberal mistake
  • China
  • "I'm being perfectly cynical"
  • Cold steel
  • Meeting Zhou
  • Booting away nationalistic fervor
  • "Old friends"
  • "He deserves our confidence"
  • JFK v. Nixon
  • "Super secret agent"
  • Sixty-six percent for six months
  • "One arm tied behind"
  • "Why does the Air Force constantly undercut us?"
  • The appearance of success
  • "Any means necessary"
  • "A Russian game, a Chinese game and an election game"
  • "It could be a bit longer"
  • The Democrats
  • "No one will give a damn"
  • "Idealism with integrity"
  • "Our terms will eventually destroy him"
  • Blow-up 1968
  • "We're behind the trees!"
  • "Saving face or saving lives"
  • "Brutalize him"
  • Kissinger v. Thieu
  • "No possibility whatever"
  • "The man who should cry is I"
  • "The fellow is off of his head"
  • No coalition government
  • "Peace is at hand"
  • "A little bit diabolically"
  • The Chennault Affair
  • "The clearest choice"
  • Election day 1972
  • Promises and threats
  • Christmas bombing
  • "Let us be proud"
  • The prisoners dilemma
  • The final cutoff
  • Stabbed in the back
  • "We can blame them for the whole thing"
  • Nixon's dolchstoss legende
  • Unearthing Nixon's strategy
  • The University of Virginia's Miller Center
  • Decision points
  • The Nixon tapes
  • Interpretive inertia
  • A better war
  • Questions unasked.