The contender
Subtitle: Richard Nixon, the Congress years, 1946-1952
By: Irwin F. Gellman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 590
ISBN-13: 9780300220209
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Culture politique; Political culture; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The prerequisites for a Congressional candidate; title: Nixon's first Primary; title: Nixon versus Voorhis; title: Learning the Congressional routine; title: Nixon and HUAC; title: The Herter Committee; title: Sharpening foreign and domestic priorities; title: Running for reelection; title: Moving onto the national stage; title: Nixon: Chambers versus Hiss; title: The pumpkin, Father Cronin, the FBI, and Duggan; title: Nixon, Communism, and the Truman triumph; title: Stepping sideways to move up; title: The 1950 Primary; title: Douglas versus Nixon: the issues; title: Fifty-one days in the fall: Nixon versus Douglas; title: Reality and legend; title: Communism and Korea; title: Corruption in the highest places; title: "Electability" and other issues; title: The 1952 Convention; title: Epilogue: Nixon and his detractors; title: whom should we believe?