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Fatal politics : the Nixon tapes, the Vietnam War, and the casualties of reelection
- Title
- Fatal politics : the Nixon tapes, the Vietnam War, and the casualties of reelection / Ken Hughes.
- Author
- Hughes, Ken, 1964-
- Publication
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 273 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- United States
- Political science
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Presidents > Election
- Audiotapes
- Presidents > United States > Election > 1972
- 1961 - 1975
- Buddhism and politics
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Political aspects > United States
- United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974
- Political and social views
- Nixon, Richard M (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 > Political and social views
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Vietnamization -- "A nightmare of recrimination" -- "A hell of a shift" -- How to kill a withdrawal deadline -- Ted Kennedy -- The liberal mistake -- China -- "I'm being perfectly cynical" -- Cold steel -- Meeting Zhou -- Booting away nationalistic fervor -- "Old friends" -- "He deserves our confidence" -- JFK v. Nixon -- "Super secret agent" -- Sixty-six percent for six months -- "One arm tied behind" -- "Why does the Air Force constantly undercut us?" -- The appearance of success -- "Any means necessary" -- "A Russian game, a Chinese game and an election game" -- "It could be a bit longer" -- The Democrats -- "No one will give a damn" -- "Idealism with integrity" -- "Our terms will eventually destroy him" -- Blow-up 1968 -- "We're behind the trees!" -- "Saving face or saving lives" -- "Brutalize him" -- Kissinger v. Thieu -- "No possibility whatever" -- "The man who should cry is I" -- "The fellow is off of his head" -- No coalition government -- "Peace is at hand" -- "A little bit diabolically" -- The Chennault Affair -- "The clearest choice" -- Election day 1972 -- Promises and threats -- Christmas bombing -- "Let us be proud" -- The prisoners dilemma -- The final cutoff -- Stabbed in the back -- "We can blame them for the whole thing" -- Nixon's dolchstoss legende -- Unearthing Nixon's strategy -- The University of Virginia's Miller Center -- Decision points -- The Nixon tapes -- Interpretive inertia -- A better war -- Questions unasked.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-2906
- ISBN
- 9780813938028
- 0813938023
- 9780813938035 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014044262
- OCLC
- 898087386
- Author
- Hughes, Ken, 1964- author.
- Title
- Fatal politics : the Nixon tapes, the Vietnam War, and the casualties of reelection / Ken Hughes.
- Publisher
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1961 - 1975
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-2906