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02911aam a22003858i 4500 001 A5C35584F2F211E49475ABD7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150505014724 008 150212s2015 vau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014044262 020 $a 0813938023 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780813938028 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)898087386 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-vt--- $a a-vt--- 050 00 $a E855 $b .H833 2015 082 00 $a 973.924 $2 23 100 1 $a Hughes, Ken, $d 1964- 245 10 $a Fatal politics : $b the Nixon tapes, the Vietnam War, and the casualties of reelection / $c Ken Hughes. 263 $a 1504 264 1 $a Charlottesville : $b University of Virginia Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xii, 273 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 600 10 $a Nixon, Richard M. $q (Richard Milhous), $d 1913-1994 $x Political and social views. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1969-1974. 650 0 $a Vietnam War, 1961-1975 $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x Election $y 1972. 650 0 $a Audiotapes. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217020319.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826111728.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20150602032708.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A5C35584F2F211E49475ABD7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search