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"Bob Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle in his new book The Last of the President's Men. Woodward reveals the untold story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping system that changed history and led to Nixon's resignation. In forty-six hours of interviews with Butterfield, supported by thousands of documents, many of them original and not in the presidential archives and...
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"At the end of World War II, navy lieutenant "Nick" Nixon returned from the Pacific and set his cap at Congress, an idealistic dreamer seeking to build a better world. Yet amid the turns of that now-legendary 1946 campaign, Nixon's finer attributes gave way to unapologetic ruthlessness. The story of that transformation is the stunning overture to John A. Farrell's magisterial biography of the president who came to embody postwar American resentment...
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The rise, fall, and rebirth of Richard Nixon is perhaps the most fascinating story in American politics—and perhaps the most misunderstood. Nixon: A Life is the first entirely objective biography of Richard Nixon. Former British Defense Minister Jonathan Aitken conducted over sixty hours of interviews with the impeached former president and was granted unprecedented access to thousands of pages of Nixon's previously sealed private documents....
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"On August 8, 1974, millions sat stunned as they watched Richard Nixon on TV when he announced he was stepping down as the President of the United States. He'd participated in a scandal that included secret tape recordings, a burglary, and a cover-up, and now his secrets and lies were catching up to him. How could Nixon, a man who had been reelected in a landslide victory just two years earlier, now be leaving office in disgrace? Author Megan Stine...
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"What was it really like to be Richard Nixon? Evan Thomas tackles this fascinating question by peeling back the layers of a man driven by a poignant mix of optimism and fear. The result is both insightful history and an astonishingly compelling psychological portrait of an anxious introvert who struggled to be a transformative statesman."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs.
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"The last year of the Nixon presidency was filled with power politics, legal jiu-jitsu and high-stakes showdowns, with head-shaking surprises every day. Tom Brokaw, the NBC News White House correspondent during the final year of Watergate, gives us a close-up, personal account of the players, the strategies, and the highs and lows of the scandal that brought down a president. Brokaw writes, 'Even now, almost half a century later, I am astonished by...
11) Richard Nixon Speaks with Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong after the Apollo 11 Moon Landing ca. 1969
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On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. The mission was part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Apollo space program, established under President John F. Kennedy, who in 1961 declared that the "nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth". Millions of people...
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In a secret meeting on March 21, 1973, President Richard Nixon discussed a possible $1 million payoff to Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt for his silence about White House involvement. When this information became public, Nixon claimed that he was acting in the interests of "national security".
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A month after becoming president, Gerald Ford offered a "free, full, and absolute pardon" to former president Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed during the Watergate bugging and conspiracy. While the move elicited a strong negative reaction from the public, historians argue that it also allowed Ford to focus on more critical issues such as high unemployment and the energy crisis.
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On June 17, 1972, five men connected with the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) broke in to the Democratic Party national headquarters at the Watergate complex. The five, along with G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, were convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and eavesdropping charges on January 30, 1973. Further investigation revealed White House involvement and an attempted cover-up. On April 30 White House advisors John Dean, H.R. Haldeman,...
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The thawing of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, known as detente, led to a number of treaties aimed at preventing nuclear war. One such treaty, the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), set limits on the number and type of long-range missiles the two nations could stockpile. President Richard Nixon traveled to the Soviet Union to sign the treaty, making him the first U.S. president to visit the country since...
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On June 17, 1972, five men connected with the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) broke in to the Democratic Party national headquarters at the Watergate complex. The five, along with G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt, were convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and eavesdropping charges on January 30, 1973. Further investigation revealed White House involvement and an attempted cover-up. On April 30 White House advisors John Dean, H.R. Haldeman,...
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In 1952 then-Senator Richard Nixon ran for Vice President on General Eisenhower's ticket. During the campaign, Nixon was accused of accumulating a fund of $18,000 from supporters in return for the promise of political favors. In what became a landmark political speech, Nixon addressed the American people on television, giving details of his personal finances and net worth. He acknowledged that he did have a fund -fully audited- which he used for those...
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There is "no progress at the negotiating table," according to President Nixon. The United States has met the four demands outlined by those negotiating for North Vietnam: they have stopped bombing North Vietnam; there have been reductions of United States troops; the United States is negotiating with the National Liberation Front; and the United States agrees, in principle, to fully withdraw all troops upon successful negotiation. However, in Nixon's...