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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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Autore: Van Atta Dale Visualizza persona
Titolo: With honor : Melvin Laird in war, peace, and politics / / Dale Van Atta ; foreword by Gerald R. Ford Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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