| Nixon's Gamble: How a President's Own Secret Government Destroyed His Administration Contributor(s): Locker, Ray (Author), Stillwell, Kevin (Read by) |
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ISBN: 150477177X ISBN-13: 9781504771771 Publisher: Made for Success OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - Executive Branch - History | North American |
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| Publisher Description: After being sworn in as president, Richard Nixon told the assembled crowd that "government will listen ... Those who have been left out, we will try to bring in." But that same day, he obliterated those pledges of greater citizen control of government by signing National Security Decision Memorandum 2, a document that made sweeping changes to the national security power structure. Nixon's signature erased the influence that the Departments of State and Defense, as well as the CIA, had over Vietnam and the course of the Cold War. The new structure put Nixon at the center, surrounded by loyal aides and a new national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, who coordinated policy through the National Security Council under Nixon's command. Using years of research and revelations from newly released documents, USA Today reporter Ray Locker upends much of the conventional wisdom about the Nixon administration and its impact and shows how the creation of this secret, unprecedented, extraconstitutional government undermined US policy and values. In doing so, Nixon sowed the seeds of his own destruction by creating a climate of secrecy, paranoia, and reprisal that still affects Washington today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Locker, Ray: - Ray Locker is the Washington enterprise editor for USA Today, where he supervises investigative reporting in the Washington bureau, as well as the White House, military and money in politics reporters. His work as a reporter and editor has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes. He covered the final years of George Wallace's political career at the Montgomery Advertiser in Alabama; spent thirteen years as a reporter, columnist, and editor at the Tampa Tribune; worked for the Los Angeles Times; and ran the Associated Press bureau in Sacramento, where he coordinated coverage of California government and politics. Locker is married to Margaret Talev, a White House correspondent for Bloomberg News. They have two daughters and live in Rockville, Maryland. Stillwell, Kevin: -Kevin Stillwell is an actor that has voiced a number of audiobooks, including Careless Love, Last Train to Memphis, The First Assassin, The Millionaire Affair, and others. His film and television credits include Looper and Drop Dead Diva. |