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Author:
Hughes, Ken, 1964-
Title:
Fatal politics : the Nixon tapes, the Vietnam War, and the casualties of reelection / Ken Hughes.
Publisher:
University of Virginia Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xii, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Nixon, Richard M.--(Richard Milhous),--1913-1994--Political and social views.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Political aspects--United States.
Presidents--United States--Election--1972.
Audiotapes.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0813938023 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813938028 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)898087386
LCCN:
2014044262
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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