Before the fall : an inside view of the pre-Watergate White House
The former Nixon speechwriter provides anecdotal accounts of the people, policies, events, and atmosphere in the Nixon White House before the Watergate evacuation
collective biographies
xii, 704 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780385085953, 9780508509762, 0385085958, 0508509769
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pt. 1. The comeback
Twenty Broad Street
Dear nelson
Turning point
Washin' dirty dishes
The man who
Nixon's the one. pt. 2. "It sure beats losing" The man at the Wilson desk
Interregnum
No end runs. pt. 3. Bone in the throat
Hello, Europe
The new isolationists
Tale of two bridges
The Kennedy criterion
Henry the K
Silent majority
The Cambodian decision
The night at the Lincoln Memorial. pt. 4. Lowered voices
The new federalism
The wayward bus
"Damngovernment"
The rise of John Mitchell
Loners stick together
Nixon's Haldeman
Loomings
A swearing-in. pt. 5. Seeds of destruction
"Us" against "them"
The '70 campaign begins
The way to San Jose
Good honest appraisal
"The press is the enemy"
To Peking in secret. pt. 6. High adventure
State of the world
Secret negotiations, inside and out
China report
The guns of April
The road to Moscow
The Moscow summit. pt. 7. Muddling along on the home front
Nixon's Ehrlichman
Wayward bus revisited
Hardball
The president falls in love
The economic summit
Ad lib. pt. 8. The new majority
The two-ideology system
Nixon and the Catholics
Nixon the the Jews
The work ethic
Labor rewards its friends. pt. 9. The private man
There is a there there
Along together: Pat Nixon
Bebe
Hideaway
Julie. pt. 10. Man in the arena
The fall of John Mitchell
The campaign that never was
Bizarre incident
Christmas bombs
Peace with honor
The best year ever.pt. 10. Man in the arena
The fall of John Mitchell
The campaign that never was
Bizarre incident
Christmas bombs
Peace with honor
The best year ever
Includes index