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Nixon's White House wars : the battles that made and broke a president and divided America forever /

From Vietnam to the Southern Strategy, from the opening of China to the scandal of Watergate, Pat Buchanan, speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon, tells the untold story of Nixon's embattled White House, from its historic wins to it devastating defeats. In his inaugural address, Ni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1938- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Forum, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Buchanan, Patrick J. > (Patrick Joseph), > 1938-
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994 > Friends and associates.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Political consultants > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Staff > Biography.
Speechwriters > United States > Biography.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Crisis management in government > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Nixon in the 60s
  • Left behind
  • Storm warnings
  • "The great Silent Majority"
  • Agnew's hour
  • American kulturkampf
  • The Nixon court
  • The second reconstruction
  • Converting the Catholics
  • Cambodia and Kent State
  • The seven weeks war
  • The Pentagon papers
  • Nixon in China
  • "Turn all the dogs loose"
  • St. George & the dragon
  • Watergate erupts
  • "Burn the tapes!"
  • Before the Watergate Committee
  • Saturday night massacre
  • Final days
  • Ex-president, 1974-1994
  • Appendix.