| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 881 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 831- 835) and index. |
| Contents |
Hell in the city of angels -- The orthogonian -- The stench -- Ronald Reagan -- Long, hot summer -- School was in session -- Batting average -- The bombing -- Summer of love -- In which a cruise ship full of governors inspires considerations on the nature of old and new politics -- Fed-up-niks -- The sky's the limit -- Violence -- From Miami to the siege of Chicago -- Wednesday, August 28, 1968 -- Winning -- The first one hundred days -- Trust -- If gold rust -- The presidential offensive -- The polarization -- Tourniquet -- Mayday -- Purity -- Agnew's election -- How to survive the debacle -- Cruelest month -- Ping-pong -- The coven -- The party of Jefferson, Jackson, and George Wallace -- The spring offensive -- Celebrities -- In which playboy bunnies, and Barbarella, and Tanya, inspire theoretical considerations upon the nature of democracy -- Not half enough. |
| Summary |
An account of the thirth-seventh presidency sets Nixon's administration against a backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement while offering insight into how key events in the 1960s set the stage for today's political divides. |
| Subject |
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
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| ISBN |
9780743243025 |
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0743243021 |
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