With Honor : Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics.
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- computer
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- 9780299226831
- Laird, Melvin R
- Nixon, Richard M.-(Richard Milhous),-1913-1994-Friends and associates
- United States.-Department of Defense-Officials and employees-Biography
- United States.-Congress.-House-Biography
- Cabinet officers-United States-Biography
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975-United States
- Legislators-United States-Biography
- Legislators-Wisconsin-Biography
- United States-Politics and government-1963-1969
- United States-Politics and government-1969-1974
- 355.6092 B
- E840
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Gerald R. Ford -- Acknowledgment -- Prologue -- 1. The Man from Marshfield -- 2. Guns and Butter -- 3. A House Divided -- 4. Laird Also Rises -- 5. Cloud Riders -- 6. Into the Quagmire -- 7. Fight Now, Pay Later -- 8. The Resurrection of Richard Nixon -- 9. Looking for an Exit -- 10. Off the Menu -- 11. Going Public -- 12. Dueling Machiavellis -- 13. Ending the Draft -- 14. Objections Overruled -- 15. Black September -- 16. Friends in High Places -- 17. "Management by Walking Around" -- 18. Minority Report -- 19. The Secret War -- 20. The Hawks Have Flown -- 21. Withdrawal Symptoms -- 22. Easter Offensive -- 23. No Time for Quitters -- 24. Watergate -- 25. Picking a President -- 26. Kitchen Cabinet -- 27. A Second Career -- 28. War and Peace and War -- 29. Another Vietnam? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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