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Verlag: The Free Press, New York, 1997
ISBN 10: 0684841274ISBN 13: 9780684841274
Anbieter: Classic Books and Ephemera, IOBA, Lansdowne, PA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine -. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: near fine -. xxiii, [1], 675 p.; 24 cm. Black and beige cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Only 60 hours of President Nixon's White House recordings were released to the public in the 1970s. In 1996 over 200 additional hours of tape were released: "every Watergate-related tape, as well as those concerning many other campaign misdeeds and some Pentagon Papers discussions." -- dust jacket. This volume provides background and extensive excerpts from those hours of tape. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: year of publication on front free endpaper; one sentence underlined on p. vii; one page corner creased; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges rubbed; clean and bright.
Verlag: Free Press, New York, 1997
ISBN 10: 0684841274ISBN 13: 9780684841274
Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. Book Club Edition. 25 cm, xxiii, [1], 675, [5] pages. Cast of Characters. Index, DJ has small nick at rear spine. Stanley Ira Kutler (August 10, 1934 - April 7, 2015) was an American historian, best known for his lawsuit against the National Archives and Richard Nixon that won the release of tape recordings Nixon made during his White House years, particularly those in relation to the Watergate scandal. He has written widely in a number of fields of American history, concentrating on American constitutional history and the twentieth century. His major books include The Wars of Watergate (Knopf, 1990); The American Inquisition (Hill & Wang, 1982), winner of the Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association, 1983; and Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes (Free Press, 1997), a book that resulted from his successful lawsuit against the National Archives and Nixon to force the release of the long-suppressed tapes. He also has authored or edited more than half a dozen textbooks in various fields of American history. His scholarly articles have appeared in leading history and legal periodicals. Richard Nixon said he wanted his administration to be "the best chronicled in history." But when Alexander Butterfield disclosed the existence of a voice-activated taping system to a Senate committee in July 1973, Nixon's White House and its recordings quickly became the most infamous in American history. The tapes dominated the final two years of Nixon's presidency, and almost single-handedly forced his resignation. But only 60 hours were actually made public in the 1970s. Many thousands of hours remained secret and in Nixon's hands, and he fought fiercely to keep them that way right up to his death. Finally, thanks to a lawsuit brought by historian Stanley I. Kutler with the advocacy group Public Citizen, a landmark 1996 settlement with the Nixon estate and the National Archives is bringing over 3,000 hours of tapes to light. The initial release in November 1996 of over 200 hours of material comprised all those conversations concerning abuse of power -- every Watergate-related tape, as well as those concerning many other campaign misdeeds and some Pentagon Papers discussions. Finally, the full story of Nixon's downfall can be told. From Ehrlichman's saying, "Dean's been admonished not to contrive a story that's liable not to succeed" to Nixon's asking, "Is the line pretty well set now on, when asked about Watergate, as to what everybody says and does, to stonewall?" Abuse of Power reveals a much more extensive cover-up than ever realized. From Colson's announcing, "Well, we did a little dirty trick this morning" to Nixon's ordering a McGovern watch "around the clock" to the planting of a spy in Ted Kennedy's Secret Service detail, Abuse of Power redefines the meaning of campaign tactics. And from a worried discussion of Dwayne Andreas's "bag man" to Nixon's stating that the burglars "have to be paid. That's all there is to that," to a quiet conversation with Rose Mary Woods to see if there remained $100,000 in his safe for "a campaign thing that we're talking about," here is a money trail that anyone can follow. Packed with revelations on almost every page, the Abuse of Power tapes offer a spellbinding portrait of raw power and a Shakespearean depiction of a king and his court. Never have the personalities of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson, Haig, Kissinger, Dean, and Mitchell been so vividly captured with the spoken word. And never has an American President offered such a revealing record of his darkest self.
Verlag: Touchstone Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 0684851873ISBN 13: 9780684851877
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 704 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.