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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797538703321

Autore

Locker Ray

Titolo

Nixon's gamble : how a president's own secret government destroyed his administration / / Ray Locker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4930-1945-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

973.924092

Soggetti

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

United States Politics and government 1969-1974

United States Foreign relations 1969-1974

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.