Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The death of a president The death of a president William Manchester A self-portrait of the successful call -girl business run by a socially prominent young woman in New York which counted among its clients the world's business and political elite. OL15892502W
The greatest comeback The greatest comeback Patrick J. Buchanan The former Nixon advisor and best-selling author of Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" traces the unanticipated political rise of the 37th President just six years after his gubernatorial l… OL17753156W
Chasing shadows Chasing shadows Ken Hughes "This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins o… OL19988610W
Reaching for Glory Reaching for Glory Michael R. Beschloss Transcribing, editing, and explaining the most powerful moments from hundreds of hours of newly released LBJ tapes, Michael Beschloss has added another lasting treasure to the American historical rec… OL2576909W
The Sixties Papers The Sixties Papers Judy Gumbo,Stewart Edward Albert The turbulent decade of the 1960s has been analyzed and interpreted by numerous journalists and scholars. The former movement leaders, Judith Albert and Stewart Albert "tell it like it was", presenti… OL271165W
The last campaign The last campaign Thurston Clarke After JFK's assassination, Robert Kennedy--Jack's political warrior--almost lost hope. He was haunted by his brother's murder, and by the nation's inabilities to solve its problems of race, poverty, … OL2960068W
Legacy of Secrecy Legacy of Secrecy Lamar Waldron Legacy of Secrecy tells the full story of JFK's murder and the tragic results of the cover-ups that followed, as revealed by two dozen associates of John and Robert Kennedy, backed by thousands of fi… OL5596339W
Vietnam and the American Political Tradition Vietnam and the American Political Tradition Randall B. Woods This volume is intended to demonstrate how opposition to the war in Vietnam, the military-industrial complex, and the national security state crystallized in a variety of different and often divergen… OL8305128W