The Contender : Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952 / / Irwin F. Gellman

• Autore: Gellman Irwin F.
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (619 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 973.924092
• Soggetto topico: Political culture - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Prerequisites for a Congressional Candidate -- 2. Nixon's First Primary -- 3. Nixon Versus Voorhis -- 4. Learning the Congressional Routine -- 5. Nixon and HUAC -- 6. The Herter Committee -- 7. Sharpening Foreign and Domestic Priorities -- 8. Running for Reelection -- 9. Moving Onto the National Stage -- 10. Nixon: Chambers Versus Hiss -- 11. The Pumpkin, Father Cronin, the FBI, and Duggan -- 12. Nixon, Communism, and the Truman Triumph -- 13. Stepping Sideways to Move Up -- 14. The 1950 Primary -- 15. Douglas Versus Nixon: The Issues -- 16. Fifty-one Days in the Fall: Nixon Versus Douglas- Reality and Legend -- 17. Communism and Korea -- 18. Corruption in the Highest Places -- 19. "Electability" and Other Issues -- 20. The 1952 Convention -- Epilogue: Nixon and His Detractors- Whom Should We Believe? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Characters -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The definitive account of Richard Nixon's congressional career, back in print with a new preface Unsurpassed in the fifteen years since its original publication, Irwin F. Gellman's exhaustively researched work is the definitive account of Richard Nixon's rise from political unknown to the verge of achieving the vice-presidency. To document Nixon's congressional career, Gellman combed the files of Nixon's 1946, 1948, and 1950 campaigns, papers from the executive sessions of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and every document dated through 1952 at the Richard Nixon Library. This singular volume corrects many earlier written accounts. For example, there was no secret funding of Nixon's senate campaign in 1950, and Nixon won universal praise for his evenhandedness as a member of HUAC. The first book of a projected five-volume examination of this complex man's entire career, this work stands as the definitive political portrait of Nixon as a fast-rising young political star.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Contender
• ISBN: 0-300-22813-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792830803321
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