Koncewicz They Said No to Nixon

Republicans Who Stood Up to the President’s Abuses of Power
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-520-97096-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

"Excruciatingly timely."—Kirkus Reviews

In more than three thousand recorded conversations, the Nixon tapes famously exposed a president’s sinister views of governance that would eventually lead to his downfall. Despite Richard Nixon’s best efforts, his vision of a government where he could use his power to punish his political enemies never came to fruition because members of his own party defied his directives. While many are familiar with the Republicans who turned against Nixon during the final stages of the Watergate saga, They Said No to Nixon uncovers for the first time those within the administration—including Nixon’s own appointees—who opposed the White House early on, quietly blocking the president’s attacks on the IRS, the Justice Department, and other sectors of the federal government.
 
Culling from previously unpublished excerpts from the tapes and recently released materials that expose the thirty-seventh president’s uncensored views, Michael Koncewicz reveals how Republican party members remained loyal civil servants in the face of Nixon’s attempts to expand the imperial presidency.
 
Delving into the abuses of power surrounding the Watergate era and showing how they were curbed, They Said No to Nixon sheds light on the significant cultural and ideological shifts that occurred within the GOP during the pivotal 1970s. Koncewicz deftly demonstrates how Nixon’s administration marked a decisive moment that led to the rise of modern conservatism and today’s ruthlessly partisan politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koncewicz, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Korruption
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: “Too Many Nice Guys”—What Brought About Resistance in the Nixon Administration 1
1 “An Independent Son of a Bitch”: Nixon, Johnnie Walters, and the IRS 31
2 “There’s No Basis in Law to Carry Out This Order. and We’re Not Going to Do It”: How the OMB Stopped Nixon’s War on MIT 72
3 “Get Him the Hell Out of HEW”: Elliot Richardson’s Quiet Battles with President Nixon 111
4 “He’s Going to Have to Prove He’s the White Knight”: Elliot Richardson and the Saturday Night Massacre 137
Conclusion: Nixon’s Culture of Loyalty in the Age of Trump 177
Notes 189
Sources 213

Über Autor(innen)

KoncewiczMichael:
Michael Koncewicz is the Cold War Collections Specialist at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. He previously worked for the National Archives at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.