From Vietnam to the Southern Strategy, from the opening of China to
the scandal of Watergate, Pat Buchanan--speechwriter and senior
adviser to President Nixon--tells the untold story of Nixon's
embattled White House, from its historic wins to it devastating
defeats. In his inaugural address, Nixon held out a hand in
friendship to Republicans and Democrats alike. But by the fall of
1969, massive demonstrations in Washington and around the country
had been mounted to break his presidency. In a brilliant appeal to
what he called the "Great Silent Majority," Nixon sent his enemies
reeling. Vice President Agnew followed by attacking the blatant
bias of the media in a fiery speech authored and advocated by
Buchanan. And by 1970, Nixon's approval rating soared to 68
percent, and he was labeled "The Most Admired Man in America." Them
one by one, the crises came, from the invasion of Cambodia, to the
protests that killed four students at Kent State, to race riots and
court ordered school busing. Buchanan chronicles Nixon's historic
trip to China, and describes the White House strategy that brought
about Nixon's 49-state landslide victory over George McGovern in
1972. When the Watergate scandal broke, Buchanan urged the
president to destroy the Nixon tapes before they were subpoenaed,
and fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, as Nixon ultimately did
in the "Saturday Night Massacre." After testifying before the
Watergate Committee himself, Buchanan describes the grim scene at
Camp David in August 1974, when Nixon's staff concluded he could
not survive In a riveting memoir from behind the scenes of the most
controversial presidency of the last century, Nixon's White House
Wars reveals both the failings and achievements of the 37th
President, recorded by one of those closest to Nixon from before
his political comeback, through to his final days in office.
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