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Author Locker, Ray author

Title Nixon's gamble : how a president's own secret government destroyed his administration / Ray Locker
Published Guilford, Connecticut : LP [Lyons Press] [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 339 pages)
Contents Prologue -- Part I. Taking the gamble -- Origins -- Nixon takes charge (1969) -- First moves (1969) -- The secret wiretaps (1969) -- The military's harsh awakening (1969) -- Cooking intelligence with SALT (1969-1970) -- The Cambodia sideshow (1970) -- Nixon's war with the FBI (1970) -- Chile (1970) -- Laos and other crises (1970-1971) -- China (1971) -- Pentagon papers and FBI (1971) -- India-Pakistan (1971) -- Triumphs (1972) -- Watergate and early cover-up (1972) -- Part II. The unraveling -- Early 1973 -- May 1973 -- The White House tapes -- Spy ring cover-up (1973-1974) -- Impeachment (1974) -- Epilogue: Ramifications
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-328) and index
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Subject Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. fast (OCoLC)fst00031384
Subject Official secrets -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Paranoia -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Revenge -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Diplomatic relations.
Military policy.
Official secrets.
Paranoia -- Political aspects.
Political and social views.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Presidents.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140471
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140102
United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
Subject United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020739408
ISBN 9781493019458
1493019457