After taking the Oath of Office, Richard Nixon announced that "government will listen. ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in" and signed National Security Decision Memorandum 2. Using years of research and newly released NSC and administration documents, Ray Locker upends conventional wisdom about the Nixon presidency and shows how the creation of this secret, unprecedented, extra-constitutional government undermined U.S. policy and values; and sowed the seeds of his own destruction by creating a climate of secrecy, paranoia, and reprisal that still affects Washington today.…mehr
After taking the Oath of Office, Richard Nixon announced that "government will listen. ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in" and signed National Security Decision Memorandum 2. Using years of research and newly released NSC and administration documents, Ray Locker upends conventional wisdom about the Nixon presidency and shows how the creation of this secret, unprecedented, extra-constitutional government undermined U.S. policy and values; and sowed the seeds of his own destruction by creating a climate of secrecy, paranoia, and reprisal that still affects Washington today.
Table of contents Part I Prologue Origins Nixon takes charge (1969) First moves (1969) The secret wiretaps (1969) The military's harsh awakening (1969) Cooking intelligence with SALT (1969) The Cambodia sideshow (1970) Nixon's war with the FBI (1970) Chile (1970) Laos and other crises (1971) China (1971) Pentagon Papers and FBI (1971) India-Pakistan (1971) Triumphs (1972) Watergate and early cover-up (1972) Part II, The Unraveling Early 1973 May 1973 The White House tapes Spy ring cover-up (1973-1974) Impeachment (1974) Part III, Ramifications Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Table of contents Part I Prologue Origins Nixon takes charge (1969) First moves (1969) The secret wiretaps (1969) The military's harsh awakening (1969) Cooking intelligence with SALT (1969) The Cambodia sideshow (1970) Nixon's war with the FBI (1970) Chile (1970) Laos and other crises (1971) China (1971) Pentagon Papers and FBI (1971) India-Pakistan (1971) Triumphs (1972) Watergate and early cover-up (1972) Part II, The Unraveling Early 1973 May 1973 The White House tapes Spy ring cover-up (1973-1974) Impeachment (1974) Part III, Ramifications Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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