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050 00 $aE860$b.A26 1997
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245 00 $aAbuse of power :$bthe new Nixon tapes /$cedited with an introduction and commentary by Stanley I. Kutler.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axxiii, 675 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: The Tapes of Richard Nixon --$gPt. 1.$tThe Pentagon Papers and Other "White House Horrors": June 1971 - June 1972 --$gPt. 2.$tWatergate: Break-In and Cover-Up: June 1972 - December 1972 --$gPt. 3.$tWatergate: The Unraveling of the Cover-Up: January 1973 - April 1973 --$gPt. 4.$tThe President Under Siege: May 1973 - July 1973 --$tEpilogue: The Final Year: The Fall of the President: July 1973 - August 1974.
520 $aRichard Nixon said he wanted his administration to be "the best chronicled in history." But when Alexander Butterfield disclosed the existence of a voice-activated taping system to a Senate committee in July 1973, Nixon's White House and its recordings quickly became the most infamous in American history. The tapes dominated the final two years of Nixon's presidency, and almost single-handedly forced his resignation.
520 8 $aBut only 60 hours were actually made public in the 1970s. Many thousands of hours remained secret and in Nixon's hands, and he fought fiercely to keep them that way right up to his death. Finally, thanks to a lawsuit brought by historian Stanley I. Kutler with the advocacy group Public Citizen, a landmark 1996 settlement with the Nixon estate and the National Archives is bringing over 3,000 hours of tapes to light.
520 8 $aThe initial release in November 1996 of over 200 hours of material comprised all those conversations concerning abuse of power - every Watergate-related tape, as well as those concerning many other campaign misdeeds and some Pentagon Papers discussions. Finally, the full story of Nixon's downfall can be told.
520 8 $aPacked with revelations on almost every page, the Abuse of Power tapes offer a spellbinding portrait of raw power and a Shakespearean depiction of a king and his court. Never have the personalities of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Colson, Haig, Kissinger, Dean, and Mitchell been so vividly captured with the spoken word. And never has an American President offered such a revealing record of his darkest self.
650 0 $aWatergate Affair, 1972-1974.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145735
600 10 $aNixon, Richard M.$q(Richard Milhous),$d1913-1994.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018757
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1969-1974.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140471
650 0 $aSabotage$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
700 1 $aKutler, Stanley I.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50058659
852 00 $bglx$hE860$i.A26 1997
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