Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate - Brossura

Hughes, Ken

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0813937833 ISBN 13: 9780813937830

Casa editrice: Univ of Virginia Pr, 2015

Riassunto

"This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins of the 'Plumbers' (the Special Investigations Unit) and Nixon's policy of illegal break-ins for partisan political gain, which led to Watergate, its cover-up, and Nixon's resignation. The e-book links to extended transcripts and audio files of the presidential recordings"--Provided by publisher.

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L'autore:

Ken Hughes is a researcher at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center Presidential Recordings Program. His work as a journalist has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe Magazine, and Salon.

Product Description:

In this provocative predecessor to Fatal Politics , presidential tapes expert Ken Hughes provides a shocking new perspective on a pattern of illegal actions by Richard Nixon only partly exposed by the Watergate scandal. Going back to the final months of the Johnson administration, Hughes reveals how Nixon secretly undermined the Paris peace talks with the Vietnamese. He goes on to show how Nixon's fears of his treasonous act's being exposed eventually led to illegal covert actions guided by the Oval Office. Through his unrivaled command of the secret White House tapes, Hughes builds an argument about Nixon that goes far beyond what we think we know about Watergate.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Virginia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0813937833
• ISBN 13: 9780813937830
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 228