Nixon''s Gamble - How a Presidents Own Secret Government Destroyed His Administration

Informationen zum Autor By Ray Locker Klappentext After taking the Oath of Office, Richard Nixon announced that "government will listen. ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in" and signed National Security Decision Memorandum 2. Using years of research and newly released NSC and administration documents, Ray Locker upends conventional wisdom about the Nixon presidency and shows how the creation of this secret, unprecedented, extra-constitutional government undermined U.S. policy and values; and sowed the seeds of his own destruction by creating a climate of secrecy, paranoia, and reprisal that still affects Washington today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contentsPart IPrologue Origins Nixon takes charge (1969) First moves (1969) The secret wiretaps (1969) The military's harsh awakening (1969) Cooking intelligence with SALT (1969) The Cambodia sideshow (1970) Nixon's war with the FBI (1970) Chile (1970) Laos and other crises (1971) China (1971) Pentagon Papers and FBI (1971) India-Pakistan (1971) Triumphs (1972) Watergate and early cover-up (1972) Part II, The UnravelingEarly 1973 May 1973 The White House tapes Spy ring cover-up (1973-1974) Impeachment (1974) Part III, Ramifications AcknowledgmentsNotes BibliographyIndex...

Product details

• Authors: Ray Locker, Locker Ray
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2015
• EAN: 9781493009312
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-0931-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Miscellaneous; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Corruption in politics, government and society