A Companion to Richard M. Nixon

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This companion offers an overview of Richard M. Nixon’s life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the evolution and current state, of Nixon scholarship.Examines the central arguments and scholarly debates that surround his term in officeExplores Nixon’s legacy and the historical significance of his years as presidentCovers the full range of topics, from his campaigns for Congress, to his career as Vice-President, to his presidency and WatergateMakes extensive use of the recent paper and electronic releases from the Nixon Presidential Materials ProjectContent: Chapter One Nixon Biographies (pages 5–26): Iwan W. MorganChapter Two The Pre?Political Years, 1913–1945 (pages 27–48): Joseph DmohowskiChapter Three Pat Nixon (pages 49–67): Gil TroyChapter Four The Congressional Years (pages 68–83): Anthony Rama MaravillasChapter Five The Alger Hiss Case (pages 84–101): Athan G. TheoharisChapter Six The Richard Nixon Vice Presidency: Research without the Nixon Manuscripts (pages 102–121): Irwin F. GellmanChapter Seven The Election of 1960 (pages 122–140): W. J. RorabaughChapter Eight The Election of 1968 (pages 141–163): Melvin SmallChapter Nine The Election of 1972 (pages 164–184): Rick PerlsteinChapter Ten The Administrative Presidency (pages 185–201): Karen M. HultChapter Eleven Richard Nixon, the Great Society, and Social Reforms: A Lost Opportunity? (pages 202–211): Romain HuretChapter Twelve Civil Rights Policy (pages 212–234): Dean J. KotlowskiChapter Thirteen Economic Policy (pages 235–251): Nigel BowlesChapter Fourteen Political Realignment (pages 252–269): Robert MasonChapter Fifteen Nixon and the Environment (pages 270–291): Paul Charles MilazzoChapter Sixteen Nixon and the Media (pages 292–310): Tim KiskaChapter Seventeen Nixon and Dissent (pages 311–327): Katherine ScottChapter Eighteen Nixon and Agnew (pages 328–342): Justin P. CoffeyChapter Nineteen Foreign Policy Overview (pages 343–361): Jussi M. HanhimakiChapter Twenty Nixon and Kissinger (pages 362–379): Robert D. SchulzingerChapter Twenty?One The Vietnam War (pages 380–399): Jeffrey P. KimballChapter Twenty?Two Explorations of Detente (pages 400–424): Keith L. NelsonChapter Twenty?Three The China Card (pages 425–443): Evelyn GohChapter Twenty?Four Nixon and Europe: Transatlantic Policy in the Shadow of Other Priorities (pages 444–459): Luke A. NichterChapter Twenty?Five Latin America and the Quest for Stability (pages 460–477): Mark Atwood LawrenceChapter Twenty?Six Watergate (pages 479–498): Keith W. OlsonChapter Twenty?Seven Nixon and Ford (pages 499–518): John Robert GreeneChapter Twenty?Eight Nixon's Image: A Brief History (pages 519–545): David GreenbergChapter Twenty?Nine The Nixon Tapes (pages 546–562): Sahr Conway?Lanz