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03645aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 8954DDFE840911E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 171207t20182018bcc b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781683930006 020 $a 1683930002 035 $a (OCoLC)1014094802 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d VA@ $d OCLCO $d EAU $d CBY $d INU $d BNG $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E851 $b .L5 2018 082 04 $a 324.973/0924 100 1 $a Li, Victor, $e author. 245 10 $a Nixon in New York : $b how Wall Street helped Richard Nixon win the White House / $c Victor Li. 264 1 $a Vancouver : $b Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xvi, 351 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-340) and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore! -- A politician does not change his base -- The fast track -- I have never asked anybody for business -- There but for the grace of God go I -- Mentally dead in two years and physically dead in four -- Why are these men for Nixon? -- A chronic campaigner -- I always knew I wouldn't be permitted to win a big appeal against the press -- The purpose of this group is to begin planning, now, to win the nomination -- He wanted prestige -- The word is out that Mudge Rose is in -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author. 520 $a Richard Nixon's loss in the 1962 gubernational election in California was more than a simple electoral defeat. His once-promising political career was in ruins as he dropped his second high-profile race in as many years. Nixon rubbed salt on his own self-inflicted wounds by delivering a growling, bitter concession speech that made him seem like sore loser. In the months following his defeat and self-immolation, he left California to move to New York so that he could work for a prestigious Wall Street law firm. His new career only seemed to confirm what everyone already knew: Richard Nixon was finished as a politician. Except he wasn't. Nixon's political resurrection was virtually unprecedented in American history, and he had his law firm to thank for paving his way to the White House. His role as public partner at Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander was the ideal platform for him as he looked to reinvent himself after his back-to-back losses in 1960 and 1962. Nixon's firm gave him access to deep-pocketed clients, many of whom became donors when he decided to take the plunge in 1968. Furthermore, working for so many international clients allowed him to travel the world and burnish his foreign policy credentials--a vital quality that voters were looking for as the Cold War raged on and the Vietnam War showed no signs of slowing down. Nixon's time at the firm also allowed him to build a formidable campaign staff consisting of top-notch lawyers, researchers, and writers--a staff that did just about everything for him when it came time to ramp up for the 1968 campaign--back cover. 600 10 $a Nixon, Richard M. $q (Richard Milhous), $d 1913-1994. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $x Election $y 1968. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Li, Victor. $t Nixon in New York. $d Vancouver : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2018 $z 9781683930013 $w (OCoLC)1028731737 830 0 $a Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214015953.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8954DDFE840911E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search