With honor : Melvin Laird in war, peace, and politics / / Dale Van Atta ; foreword by Gerald R. Ford
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Van Atta Dale
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With honor : Melvin Laird in war, peace, and politics / / Dale Van Atta ; foreword by Gerald R. Ford
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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (660 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.6092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Cabinet officers - United States |
| Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States | |
| Legislators - United States | |
| Legislators - Wisconsin | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1963-1969 |
| United States Politics and government 1969-1974 | |
| Note generali: | "An abridged edition [of The Laird legacy], entitled With honor : Melvin Laird in war, peace and politics (ISBN 978-0-299-22680-0 [i.e. 978-0-299-226808]), is published by the University of Wisconsin"--The Laird legacy, t.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-614) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Gerald R. Ford""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""Prologue""; ""1. The Man from Marshfield""; ""2. Guns and Butter""; ""3. A House Divided""; ""4. Laird Also Rises""; ""5. Cloud Riders""; ""6. Into the Quagmire""; ""7. Fight Now, Pay Later""; ""8. The Resurrection of Richard Nixon""; ""9. Looking for an Exit""; ""10. Off the Menu""; ""11. Going Public""; ""12. Dueling Machiavellis""; ""13. Ending the Draft""; ""14. Objections Overruled""; ""15. Black September""; ""16. Friends in High Places""; ""17. "Management by Walking Around"""; ""18. Minority Report"" |
| ""19. The Secret War""""20. The Hawks Have Flown""; ""21. Withdrawal Symptoms""; ""22. Easter Offensive""; ""23. No Time for Quitters""; ""24. Watergate""; ""25. Picking a President""; ""26. Kitchen Cabinet""; ""27. A Second Career""; ""28. War and Peace and War""; ""29. Another Vietnam?""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | With honor |
| ISBN: | 1-282-42427-0 |
| 9786612424274 | |
| 0-299-22683-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827389703321 |
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