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Witness to power: the Nixon years

Witness to power: the Nixon years

John Ehrlichman

Provides the definitive, inside account of the Nixon presidency, describing the events, people, and especially, the fascinating personality of Richard Nixon and exploring the uses and abuses, the fascination and toll of power
Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority

Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority

Robert Mason

In Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority, Robert Mason analyzes Nixon's response to the developing conservative climate and challenges revisionist claims about the activist nature of the Nixon administration.
Keeping Quiet: Paul Nixon: The Autobiography

Keeping Quiet: Paul Nixon: The Autobiography

Paul Nixon

From Gower to Flintoff, Waugh to Vaughan, Cronje to Pietersen, Paul Nixon has shared a dressing room with some of the most evocative names in international and domestic cricket—and often enraged them on the field of play.
The Last of the President's Men

The Last of the President's Men

Bob Woodward

Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle, examining the untold story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping system that changed history and led to Nixon's resignation ...
The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to ...

The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to ...

Patrick J. Buchanan

Patrick J. Buchanan, bestselling author and senior advisor to Richard Nixon, tells the definitive story of Nixon's resurrection from the political graveyard and his rise to the presidency.
President Nixon: Alone in the White House

President Nixon: Alone in the White House

Richard Reeves

In President Nixon, Richard Reeves has used thousands of new interviews and recently discovered or declassified documents and tapes -- including Nixon's tortured memos to himself and unpublished sections of H. R. Haldeman's diaries -- to ...
Nixon's Secrets: The Rise, Fall, and Untold Truth about the ...

Nixon's Secrets: The Rise, Fall, and Untold Truth about the ...

Roger Stone

Roger Stone, The New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Killed Kennedy—the Case Against LBJ, gives the inside scoop on Nixon’s rise and fall in Watergate in his new book Nixon’s Secrets.
Nixon's Ten Commandments of Leadership and Negotiation: His ...

Nixon's Ten Commandments of Leadership and Negotiation: His ...

James C. Humes

Includes essential rules that brought Nixon success & how they can be applied by leaders in every field.
The China Card

The China Card

John Ehrlichman

Built around the premise that the Communist Chinese might have planted a mole in Richard Nixon's staff before he was elected president, this novel traces the career of Nixon staffer Matthew Thompson.
The China Card

The China Card

John Ehrlichman

Built around the premise that the Communist Chinese might have planted a mole in Richard Nixon's staff before he was elected president, this novel traces the career of Nixon staffer Matthew Thompson.
Singin' the Blues

Singin' the Blues

Neil Nixon

Carlisle United is Neil Nixon's lifelong passion. This is his story.
Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism

Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism

Tim Naftali

Nixon Tapes, Tape 771–2, September 6, 1972, Craig Daigle, draft transcript. 8. Nixon Tapes, Tape 772–6, September 7, 1972. 9. Nixon Tapes, Tape 771–7, September 6, 1972. 10. Simon Reeve, One Day in September: The Full Story of the ...
One of us: Richard Nixon and the American dream

One of us: Richard Nixon and the American dream

Tom Wicker

America's leading liberal journalist revisits the case of Richard Nixon, taking a fresh look at this political enigma and offering a rereading of contemporary history
Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America

Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America

Chris Matthews

Using White House tapes, this book exposes Richard Nixon’s dread of a Kennedy “restoration” in 1972 drove the dark deeds of Watergate.
Blueseason 2012

Blueseason 2012

Neil Nixon

Neil Nixon, Andy Hall. The authors hereby assert their right to be identified as the owners of this work in accordance with section 77 to 78 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be ...
Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician

Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician

Roger Morris

Chronicles Nixon's rise to political prominence, from his pre-World War II government service to his under-the-table stab at the vice-presidency in 1952, in the first of a projected three-volume biography
The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It

The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It

John W. Dean

A former White House Counsel and one of the last surviving major figures from Watergate uses his own transcripts from hundreds of conversations as well as documents in the archives to definitively determine what Nixon knew and when he knew ...
Mi' Taku'Ye-Oyasin: Letters from Wounded Knee

Mi' Taku'Ye-Oyasin: Letters from Wounded Knee

Barbara Nixon

This is where I met with my fifth child's fathe; his name was Gary Bell, There were many people on the reserve in Montana with the name Bell, and I didn't put it together at the time . . . call it stupid but Gary was the younger brother of the man  ...
New York Magazine

New York Magazine

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What Ehrlichman Really Thought of Nixon By Richard Reeves A rare interview with John Ehrlichman, who stonewalled it almost all the way for Richard Nixon, followed by exclusive publication of excerpts from Ehrlichman's roman a clef about ...
The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in ...

The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in ...

Robert Weisbrot

11, citing Statement by Richard Whitehead, planning director of Santa Barbara County, to Assistant Secretary of Interior Cordell Moore, February 28, 1967. 153 J . Brooks Flippen, Nixon and the Environment (Albuquerque, N.M.: University of ...
The Nixon Tapes: 1973 (WITH AUDIO CLIPS)

The Nixon Tapes: 1973 (WITH AUDIO CLIPS)

Douglas Brinkley

The Nixon Tapes: 1973 tells the concluding chapter of the story, the final year of taping, covering such events as the Vietnam cease-fire, the Wounded Knee standoff, and, of course, the Watergate investigation.
United States V. Nixon: Watergate and the President

United States V. Nixon: Watergate and the President

D. J. Herda

Considers the landmark case of United States v. Nixon and the extent to which "presidential powers" can be applied to the leader of our country.
President Nixon: Alone in the White House

President Nixon: Alone in the White House

Richard Reeves

PRESIDENT NIXON shows a man alone in a White House ruled by secrets and lies, trying to impose old values at home and new balances of power everywhere in the world.
Nixon's Court: His Challenge to Judicial Liberalism and Its ...

Nixon's Court: His Challenge to Judicial Liberalism and Its ...

Kevin J. McMahon

Kevin J. McMahon reveals a Nixon whose public rhetoric was more conservative than his administration’s actions and whose policy towards the Court was more subtle than previously recognized.
Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America

Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America

Christopher Matthews

Traces the rivalry between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, whose 1960 presidential contest set America's cold war political course
Nixon's Civil Rights: Politics, Principle, and Policy

Nixon's Civil Rights: Politics, Principle, and Policy

Dean J KOTLOWSKI

He details Nixon's role, revealing a president who favored deeds over rhetoric and who constantly weighed political expediency and principles in crafting civil rights policy.
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power

Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power

Robert Dallek

Tapping into a wealth of recently declassified archives, Robert Dallek uncovers fascinating details about Nixon and Kissinger's tumultuous personal relationship and the extent to which they struggled to outdo each other in the reach for ...
Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas

Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas

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Nacogdoches November t2, 1835 Received of Jorge Anto Nixon Comr the titles of: Mr. Wi lliam Busby James Rankin Senr ... George A. Nixon Dr. James Hughes a native of Ohio, now a citizen of the District recommend him as a practitioner of ...
Eyewitness To Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton

Eyewitness To Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton

David Gergen

Gergen begins Eyewitness to Power with his reminiscence of being the thirty-year-old chief of the White House speechwriting team under Richard Nixon, a young man at the center of the Watergate storm.
Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes

Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes

Allen J. Matusow

Narrative history that tells a good story, this book will reveal yet another Nixon, while offering a compelling case history of how politicians shape and sometimes mis-shape the performance of the American economy.

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