Richard Nixon
Subtitle: speeches, writings, documents
By: edited and introduced by Rick Perlstein.
Contributors: Perlstein, Rick, 1969-
Series: The James Madison Library in American politics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691136998
Subjects: Nixon, Richard M. -- 1913-1994 -- Archives; Presidents -- United States -- Archives; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Sources
Genres: Archives.; Sources.
Work titles: Selections.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Youth; title: From RN : the memoirs of Richard Nixon; title: Letters (1923 and 1924); title: "Our privileges under the Constitution"; title: From the Frank Gannon interviews; title: "The Hiss case; title: a lesson for the American people" (January 26, 1950); title: The "pink sheet"; title: The "Checkers speech" (September 23, 1952); title: "When you go out to shoot rats" (March 13, 1954); title: The "kitchen debate" (July 24, 1959); title: Opening statement, the great debate : Kennedy v. Nixon (September 26, 1960); title: "Gentlemen, this is my last press conference" (November 6, 1962); title: "The irresponsible tactics of some of the extreme civil rights leaders" (February 12, 1964); title: "Appraisal from Manila" (November 4, 1966); title: "What has happened to America?" (Reader's digest, October 1967); title: "Asia after Viet Nam" (Foreign affairs, October 1967); title: "The first civil right of every American is to be free from domestic violence" (Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, August 8, 1968); title: "To lower our voices would be a simple thing" (inaugural address, January 20, 1969); title: "The present welfare system has to be judged a colossal failure" (August 8, 1969); title: "The great silent majority of my fellow Americans" (November 3, 1969); title: "The postwar period in international relations has ended" ("state of the world" message; title: February 18, 1970); title: Vietnam statements; title: Political statements; title: "Our best days lie ahead" (August 15, 1971); title: "One China" (february 24, 1972); title: "He can undisappear if we want him to" (June 23, 1972); title: "Her name was Tanya" (August 23, 1972); title: "There can be no whitewash at the White House" (April 30, 1973); title: "I am not a crook" (November 17, 1973); title: "I made clear there was to be no coverup" (April 29, 1974); title: "My mother was a saint" (August 9, 1974).