The Terrors of Justice: The Untold Side of Watergate [SIGNED]

Stans, Maurice H.

Verlag: Everest House, New York, 1978

Beschreibung

Fine condition brown textured cloth boards with embossed blind-stamped front cover lettering and gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non-price clipped dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Acknowledgments; Preface; Postscript and Index. SIGNED by the author in green Sharpie/marker on the blank first free front endpaper as follows: "Best wishes Maurice Stans". "All that I ask is that you give me back my good name." - Maurice Stans in his closing remarks to the U.S. Senate Watergate Committee." -from the inner front jacket flap "The aftermath of Watergate has brought an end to the mass hysteria that accompanied it. Now, in the eyes of Maurice Stans, is the time to tell another side of the Watergate scandal - to show the brutal impact of Watergate, not just on the guilty, but on innocents swept into the hurricane. The determined pursuit of justice too often brought with it distortion through recklessness. The guilty suffered justly, but the outrage and shock which swept the nation as Watergate collusion was relentlessly exposed, brought with it an irresponsibility, a kind of mob cry for sweeping vengeance on all who were even remotely involved. Rumor became fact, innuendo became indictment, and silence meant shame. A cruel guilt by association battered the lives and reputation of hundreds whose only guilt was through attachment with a discredited Administration. Maurice H. Stans was one of them. Now, the former Cabinet officer and Chairman of the Finance Committee to Reelect the President tells his story - with a desire, born simply of integrity, to set the record straight. The Terrors of Justice is Stans' account of his own involvement in the Watergate case - a peripheral involvement which nearly destroyed his long and honorable career as a dedicated public servant. In a restrained and straightforward style, Stans recalls the nightmare of his prosecution, naming names, citing previously untold incidents, and expressing his personal reactions to the maelstrom that changed the lives of many - the guilty, the innocent, and those, like Stans, who were inexorably drawn into the political scandal of the century. The Terrors of Justice is an intensely vital record of the times and circumstances that led to Watergate, told with simplicity and dignity by one important man who was there. Maurice Stans gives deep new insight into a historic era of American history, mores, justice, and the repercussions of its aftermath." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Maurice H. Stans was the Secretary of Commerce on January 22, 1969 upon appointment by President Nixon, and served until February 15, 1972, when he became Chairman of the Finance Committee to Reelect the President. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000068

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Terrors of Justice: The Untold Side of ...

Verlag: Everest House, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1978

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)