{"product_id":"fatal-politics-the-nixon-tapes-the-vietnam-war-and-the-casualties-of-reelection","title":"Fatal Politics: the Nixon Tapes, the Vietnam War, and the Casualties of Reelection","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharlottesville: University of Virginia Pres, 2015.  xii, 273 pages; 24 cmbibliographical references and index. Wee bump to outer lower board corners; else very fine in very fine  jacket. New in new dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780813938028\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Fatal Politics, Hughes turns to the final years of the Vietnam War and Nixon's reelection bid of 1972 to expose the president's darkest secret\"--Jacket. Contents: \tIntroduction -- Fatal politics -- Vietnamization -- \"A nightmare of recrimination\" -- \"A hell of a shift\" -- How to kill a withdrawal deadline -- \"I'm being perfectly cynical\" -- \"We want a decent interval\" -- Meeting Zhou -- \"Old friends\" -- \"He deserves our confidence\" -- JFK v. Nixon -- The Kennedy critique -- The liberal mistake -- \"Super secret agent\" -- Sixty-six percent for six months -- \"One arm tied behind\" -- \"Why does the Air Force constantly undercut us?\" -- The appearance of success -- \"Any means necessary\" -- \"A Russian game, a Chinese game and an election game\" -- \"It could be a bit longer\" -- The Democrats -- \"No one will give a damn\" -- \"Idealism with integrity\" -- \"Our terms will eventually destroy him\" -- Blowup 1968 -- \"We're behind the trees!\" -- \"Saving face or saving lives\" -- \"Brutalize him\" -- Kissinger v. Thieu -- \"No possibility whatever\" -- \"The man who should cry is I\" -- \"The fellow is off of his head\" -- No coalition government -- \"Peace is at hand\" -- \"A little bit diabolically\" -- The Chennault Affair -- \"The clearest choice\" -- Election day 1972 -- Promises and threats -- Christmas bombing -- \"Let us be proud\" -- The prisoners dilemma -- The final cutoff -- Stabbed in the back -- \"We can blame them for the whole thing\" -- Nixon's Dolchstoßlegende -- Unearthing Nixon's strategy -- The University of Virginia's Miller Center -- Decision points -- The Nixon tapes -- Interpretive inertia -- Last days in Vietnam -- A better war -- The aid-cutoff myth -- How wars don't end -- Questions unasked. Buddhism and politics. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Political aspects -- United States. Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1972. Audiotapes. Audiotapes. Political and social views. Politics and government Presidents -- Election. Präsidentenwahl Vietnamkrieg\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hughes, Ken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055295418626,"sku":"92784.0","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_8_b5bbd2a8-de50-48a5-bdca-1af4a7d576de.jpg?v=1744061358","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/fatal-politics-the-nixon-tapes-the-vietnam-war-and-the-casualties-of-reelection","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}