The professor and the president
Subtitle: Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House
By: Stephen Hess
Contributors: Brookings Institution
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780815726159
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Staff
Description: Chronicles the role of Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White house and the relationship between the two that grew from there, told by a member of the White House staff at the time and friend of both men.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: PART I: THE TRANSITION: NOVEMBER 1968 TO JANUARY 1969; title: Why Nixon wants Moynihan; title: Why Moynihan wants Nixon; title: The courtship; title: The memoranda; title: Nixon: "The durable man"; title: PART II: A YEAR OF TURMOIL: 1969; title: A full agenda; title: Inauguration day: January 20; title: Nixon's team of rivals; title: At work in the West Wing basement; title: The Urban Affairs Council; title: Beyond the great society; title: Tutorial; title: Social scientist at large in the White House; title: The 75-day mark: April 14; title: Moynihan at Notre Dame: June 1; title: Nixon alone; title: Welfare reform: Moynihan's white whale; title: Nixon's address to the nation: August 8; title: Time for change: November 4; title: Planting greatness; title: On fertile ground; title: PART III: A YEAR OF DEPARTURES: 1970; title: Unfinished business; title: An unexpected invitation.