03300nam 2200613 450 991079753870332120230126213450.01-4930-1945-7(CKB)3710000000471221(EBL)4086418(SSID)ssj0001544788(PQKBManifestationID)16136577(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544788(PQKBWorkID)13541436(PQKB)10893784(MiAaPQ)EBC4086418(EXLCZ)99371000000047122120150810h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNixon's gamble how a president's own secret government destroyed his administration /Ray LockerGuilford, Connecticut :Lyons Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4930-0931-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Official secretsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryParanoiaPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRevengePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1969-1974United StatesForeign relations1969-1974United StatesMilitary policyOfficial secretsHistoryParanoiaPolitical aspectsHistoryRevengePolitical aspectsHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryPresidents973.924092Locker Ray1480372MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797538703321Nixon's gamble3696993UNINA