Fatal politics
Subtitle: the Nixon tapes, the Vietnam War, and the casualties of reelection
By: Ken Hughes
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780813938028
Subjects: Politics and government; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Election; Presidents; Audiotapes; Political and social views
Description: "In Fatal Politics, Hughes turns to the final years of the Vietnam War and Nixon's reelection bid of 1972 to expose the president's darkest secret"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vietnamization; title: "A nightmare of recrimination"; title: "A hell of a shift"; title: How to kill a withdrawal deadline; title: Ted Kennedy; title: The liberal mistake; title: China; title: "I'm being perfectly cynical"; title: Cold steel; title: Meeting Zhou; title: Booting away nationalistic fervor; title: "Old friends"; title: "He deserves our confidence"; title: JFK v. Nixon; title: "Super secret agent"; title: Sixty-six percent for six months; title: "One arm tied behind"; title: "Why does the Air Force constantly undercut us?"; title: The appearance of success; title: "Any means necessary"; title: "A Russian game, a Chinese game and an election game"; title: "It could be a bit longer"; title: The Democrats; title: "No one will give a damn"; title: "Idealism with integrity"; title: "Our terms will eventually destroy him"; title: Blow-up 1968; title: "We're behind the trees!"; title: "Saving face or saving lives"; title: "Brutalize him"; title: Kissinger v. Thieu; title: "No possibility whatever"; title: "The man who should cry is I"; title: "The fellow is off of his head"; title: No coalition government; title: "Peace is at hand"; title: "A little bit diabolically"; title: The Chennault Affair; title: "The clearest choice"; title: Election day 1972; title: Promises and threats; title: Christmas bombing; title: "Let us be proud"; title: The prisoners dilemma; title: The final cutoff; title: Stabbed in the back; title: "We can blame them for the whole thing"; title: Nixon's dolchstoss legende; title: Unearthing Nixon's strategy; title: The University of Virginia's Miller Center; title: Decision points; title: The Nixon tapes; title: Interpretive inertia; title: A better war; title: Questions unasked.