1969-1974

"In September 1970, ex-Harvard professor and 'High Priest of LSD' Dr. Timothy Leary escaped from prison with the aid of the radical Weather Underground. Spanning twenty-eight months, President Nixon's careening, global manhunt for Dr. Timothy Leary winds its way among homegrown radicals, European aristocrats, a Black Panther outpost in Algeria, an international arms dealer, hash-smuggling hippies from the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, and secret agents on four continents, culminating in one of the trippiest journeys through the American counterculture."--OCLC.

The "Linebacker" strategic bombing offensive finally drove the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table and an accord was reached for the departure of the US forces. The USA was mightily relieved to be free of this commitment, but its failure in the Vietnam War was a body blow to US cohesion and belief in itself.

A biography of President Richard Nixon that describes his early life, political career, and the impact of the Watergate scandal that led him to resign his presidency.

" ... Richard Nixon opens with young Navy lieutenant "Nick" Nixon returning from the Pacific and setting his cap at Congress, an idealistic dreamer seeking to build a better world. Yet amid the turns of that now legendary 1946 campaign, Nixon's finer attributes quickly gave way to unapologetic ruthlessness. ... Within four years of that first win, Nixon would be a U.S. senator; in six the vice president of the United States of America. ... Finally president, Nixon's staff was full of bright young men who devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights, and protection of the environment. It was a fine legacy, but Nixon cared little for it. He aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead, and his 1972 opening to China was the first great crack in the Cold War. ... Finally, in August 1974, after two years of the mesmerizing intrigue and scandal known as Watergate, Nixon became the only president to resign in disgrace."--Provided by publisher.

President Richard Nixon came into office seeking a decisive victory in Vietnam, the kind of victory that had eluded President Johnson. Nixon expanded the war in order to uphold a policy of containment, protect America's credibility, and defy the Left's antiwar movement at home. But by 1971, Nixon was forced to significantly de-escalate the American presence and seek a negotiated end to the war, which is now accepted as an American defeat and a failure of American foreign relations. This book provides an analysis of Nixon's Vietnam policy in a concise and accessible way.

On June 13, 1971, the New York Times announced that a secret history of the Vietnam War existed. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the documents, was soon called "the most dangerous man in America.".

"Discusses the decade 1970-1979 in the United States in terms of culture, art, science, and politics"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents an account of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Pakistan's 1970s military dictatorship and argues that they encouraged China's military presence in India, illegally supplied weapons that were used in massacres and embraced military strategies that have negatively impacted geopolitics for decades"--Provided by OCLC.

Offers an inside look at Richard Nixon's presidency, discussing how his vision of himself and the nation led to deceit, how he convinced his staff to lie for him to cover up petty White House secrets, and why his presidency was doomed from the start.