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A companion to Richard M. Nixon /

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This companion offers an overview of Richard M. Nixon's life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the evolution and current state, of Nixon scholarship. Examines the central arguments and scholarly debates that surround his term in office Explores Nixon's legacy and the h...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Small, Melvin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
Series:Blackwell companions to American history. Presidential companions.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
Biography
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Melvin Small
  • Nixon biographies / Iwan Morgan
  • The pre-political years, 1913-1945 / Joseph Dmohowski
  • Pat Nixon / Gil Troy
  • The congressional years / Anthony Rama Maravillas
  • The Alger Hiss case / Athan G. Theoharis
  • The Richard Nixon vice presidency : research without the Nixon manuscripts / Irwin F. Gellman
  • The election of 1960 / W.J. Rorabaugh
  • The election of 1968 / Melvin Small
  • The election of 1972 / Rick Perlstein
  • The administrative presidency / Karen M. Hult
  • Richard Nixon, the great society, and social reforms : a lost opportunity? / Romain Huret
  • Rights policy / Dean J. Kotlowski
  • Economic policy / Nigel Bowles
  • Political realignment / Robert Mason
  • Nixon and the environment / Paul Charles Milazzo
  • Nixon and the media / Tim Kiska
  • Nixon and dissent / Katherine Scott
  • Nixon and Agnew / Justin P. Coffey
  • Foreign policy overview / Jussi M. Hanhimäki
  • Nixon and Kissinger / Robert D. Schulzinger
  • The Vietnam War / Jeffrey P. Kimball
  • Explorations of détente / Keith L. Nelson
  • The China card / Evelyn Goh
  • Nixon and Europe : transatlantic policy in the shadow of other priorities / Luke A. Nichter
  • Latin America and the quest for stability / Mark Attwood Lawrence
  • Watergate / Keith W. Olson
  • Nixon and Ford / John Robert Greene
  • Nixon's image : a brief history / David Greenberg
  • The Nixon tapes / Sahr Conway-Lanz.