The Contender [electronic resource] : Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952 / Irwin F. Gellman, with a new preface

Author:: Gellman, Irwin F.
Published:: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2017.
Edition:: First Yale University Press edition.
Physical Description:: xix, 590 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

The prerequisites for a Congressional candidate -- Nixon's first Primary -- Nixon versus Voorhis -- Learning the Congressional routine -- Nixon and HUAC -- The Herter Committee -- Sharpening foreign and domestic priorities -- Running for reelection -- Moving onto the national stage -- Nixon: Chambers versus Hiss -- The pumpkin, Father Cronin, the FBI, and Duggan -- Nixon, Communism, and the Truman triumph -- Stepping sideways to move up -- The 1950 Primary -- Douglas versus Nixon: the issues -- Fifty-one days in the fall: Nixon versus Douglas--Reality and legend -- Communism and Korea -- Corruption in the highest places -- "Electability" and other issues -- The 1952 Convention -- Epilogue: Nixon and his detractors--whom should we believe?

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0300220200
9780300220209

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-552) and index.

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