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Chasing shadows : the Nixon tapes, the Chennault affair, and the origins of Watergate / Ken Hughes.

Van Pelt Library E855 .H83 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hughes, Ken, 1964-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Political and social views.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
United States.
Politics and government.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Political and social views.
Nixon, Richard M.
Audiotapes.
Chennault, Anna.
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.
United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
Physical Description:
x, 228 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Summary:
"This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins of the 'Plumbers' (the Special Investigations Unit) and Nixon's policy of illegal break-ins for partisan political gain, which led to Watergate, its cover-up, and Nixon's resignation"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Chasing shadows
The Chennault affair
Johnson v. Humphrey
Nixon v. Nixon
On the case
"Hold on"
Election eve
"I let you down"
"Time to blow the whistle"
The united front
"Candid and forthright"
The man who knew too little
"All the documents"
The Huston plan
Nixon tapes
Tricia's wedding
The Pentagon papers
The secret bombing of Cambodia
Leaks
The wrong men
"Charge Gelb"
LBJ cracks the case
Ellsberg's decision
Fear of a damaging disclosure
Legal action
The Diem chapter
"Destroy the Times"
Illegal action
"A natural enemy"
Lord high executioner
Supreme Court rules
1969 documents
"Break in and take it out"
"Rumors and reports of a conspiracy"
Imitation of the enemy
Special Investigations Unit
"All these Harvard people"
The economic conspiracy theory
"Are they all Jews?"
"They're all over"
"Somebody sits on high"
Counting Ivy Leaguers
Counting Jews
Above the law
"Pretty much carte blanche"
"One little operation"
The CIA bluff
The smoking gun
"I don't kiss and tell"
Dean testifies
The X envelope
The White House tapes.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780813936635
0813936632
OCLC:
878224748

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