Richard Nixon/Bibliography

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Reference

• Hall, Mitchell. Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era (2008)
• Congressional Quarterly. Congress and the Nation: 1969-1973 (1974), huge compendium of political detail, covering all Washington
• Olson, James S. Historical Dictionary of the 1960s (1999) excerpt and text search
• Political Profiles the Nixon Ford Years (1979) detailed biographies of hundreds of key players (ISBN: 0871964546)

Biographies

• Aitken, Jonathan. Nixon: A Life (1993). Favorable.
• Ambrose, Stephen. Nixon (3v 1987-1991), the standard scholarly biography; generally hostile
  • Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913–1962 (1987) excerpt and text search vol 1; Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962–1972 (1989); Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973–1990 (1991).
• Black, Conrad. Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full (2007) 1150pp, favorable
• Block, Herbert. Herblock Special Report (1974). Editorial cartoons and commentary on Nixon's political career 1946-1974 by the Washington Post cartoonist; hostile.
• Greenberg, David. Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image (2003). Important study of how Nixon was perceived by media and scholars. excerpt and text search
• Morgan, Iwan. On Nixon (2002). Favorable British view.
• Parmet, Herbert S. Richard Nixon and His America (1990).
• Reeves, Richard. President Nixon: Alone in the White House, (2001) excerpt and text search
• Wicker, Tom. One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream (1991).

Pre 1968

• Gellman, Irwin The Contender: Richard Nixon: The Congress Years, 1946 to 1952 (1999)
• Marvillas, Anthony Rama. "Nixon in Nixonland" Southern California Quarterly 2002 84(2): 169–181. Template:ISSN Examines the Nixonlanders, loyal supporters of Nixon throughout his political career, and how well Nixon fit their perception of his political views. Mostly Protestants and prosperous small business owners, the Nixonlanders opposed the New Deal's domestic programs and the Democrats' foreign policy. They believed in individualism, self-reliance, and thrift and stood fast against the Soviet Union and communism. These old guard Republicans believed Nixon shared these views, but in reality Nixon was far more pragmatic, distrusting wealthy Republicans and open to change. He considered himself a moderate Republican as defined by his mentor, Dwight Eisenhower, and thus was an "extremely imprecise fit" to the Nixonlander definition.
• Morris, Roger. Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician (1990).
• White, Theodore The Making of the President, 1960 (1961) classic narrative of election
• White, Theodore The Making of the President, 1968 (1969) classic narrative of election

Political studies:

• Bochin, Hal W. Richard Nixon: Rhetorical Strategist Greenwood Press 1990 online edition
• Friedman, Leon and William F. Levantrosser, eds. Richard M. Nixon: Politician, President, Administrator (1991), essays by scholars online edition
• Genovese, Michael A. The Nixon Presidency: Power and Politics in Turbulent Times (1990) online edition
• Greene, John Robert. The Limits of Power: The Nixon and Ford Administrations (1992)
• Greene, John Robert. The Nixon-Ford Years (2006)
• Mason, Robert. Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority (2004). 289 pp. excerpt and text search
• Matthews, Christopher J. Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America (1997) excerpt and text search
• Matusow, Allen J. Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars and Votes. U. Press of Kansas, 1998. 323 pp. excerpt and text search
• Perlstein, Rick. Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008) very well written narrative of 1964-72
• Reeves, Richard. President Nixon: Alone in the White House (2002), influential study excerpt and text search
• Reichley, A. James Conservatives in an Age of Change: The Nixon and Ford Administrations (1981) online edition
• Schoenebaum, Eleanora, ed. Political Profiles: The Nixon/Ford Years (1979), biographies of all the main political figures
• Small, Melvin The Presidency of Richard Nixon (2003), hostile overview excerpt and text search
• White, Theodore The Making of the President, 1972 (1973)

Foreign policy

• Bundy, William. A Tangled Web: The Making of Foreign Policy in the Nixon Presidency. 1998. 647 pp. online review; excerpt and text search
• Daum, Andreas W.; Gardner, Lloyd C.; Mausbach, Wilfred, eds. America, the Vietnam War, and the World: Comparative and International Perspectives (Publications of the German Historical Institute) (2003)
• Dallek, Robert. Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power (2007) excerpt and text search
• Goh, Evelyn. "Nixon, Kissinger, and the 'Soviet Card' in the U.S. Opening to China, 1971–1974." Diplomatic History 2005 29(3): 475-502. Fulltext in Ebsco; Kissinger's use of the "Soviet card" in relations with China between 1971 and 1974 offers diplomatic historians an interesting, if not yet conclusive, perspective on the rise and fall of détente and the problems of "triangular diplomacy." Kissinger sought to play up the Soviet threat to the Chinese as a way of promoting closer relations with the PRC. While at times he suggested a U.S.-PRC alliance, declassified sources indicate that his suggestions were more hyperbole than actual U.S. policy. He was really using the Soviet threat as a means to a closer relationship with China, but one that was still subordinated to improved U.S.–Soviet relations. Unfortunately for Kissinger and the Nixon administration, the triangular diplomacy failed because of Chinese suspicions and the Watergate crisis.
• Johns, Andrew L. "A Voice from the Wilderness: Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, 1964-1966," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1999 online edition
• Katz, Andrew Z. "Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: The Nixon Administration and the Pursuit of Peace with Honor in Vietnam," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, 1997 online edition
• Kimball, Jeffrey P. Nixon's Vietnam War (2002), hostile excerpt and text search
• Kimball, Jeffrey P. "The Nixon Doctrine: A Saga of Misunderstanding," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2006 online edition
• Levantrosser, William F. ed. Cold War Patriot and Statesman, Richard M. Nixon (1993), essays by scholars and senior officials. online edition; excerpt and text search
• MacMillan, Margaret. Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World (2007), favorable
• Shawcross, William. Sideshow: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia (1979), hostile critique of Cambodia policy. Kissinger responds directly to Shawcross' claims in appendix to Years of Upheaval.
• Suri, Jeremi. Henry Kissinger and the American Century (2007)
• Thornton, Richard C. The Nixon-Kissinger Years: Reshaping America's Foreign Policy (1989)
• Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf. "Taiwan Expendable? Nixon and Kissinger Go to China" Journal of American History 2005 92(1): 109–135. Fulltext in History Cooperative and Ebsco. Argues Nixon and Kissinger pursued a deeply flawed and ultimately harmful path toward establishing relations with Communist China. They operated in secrecy in order to hide the "collateral damage" of their China policy, particularly the damage it did to the former U.S. client state of Taiwan.
• Warner, Geoffrey, “Nixon, Kissinger, and the Breakup of Pakistan, 1971,” International Affairs 81 (Oct. 2005), 1097–1118.
• Warner, Geoffrey. "Nixon, Kissinger and the Rapprochement with China, 1969-1972." International Affairs 2007 83(4): 763-781. Issn: 0020-5850 Fulltext: Ebsco

Domestic policy

• Béland, Daniel and Waddan, Alex. "The Social Policies Presidents Make: Pre-emptive Leadership under Nixon and Clinton." Political Studies 2006 54(1): 65-83. Issn: 0032-3217 Fulltext: Ebsco
• Burke, Vincent J. Nixon's Good Deed: Welfare Reform (1974)
• Congressional Quarterly. Congress and the Nation, 1968-1972 (1973). Highly detailed coverage of all the official actions in Washington
• Flamm, Michael. "Politics and Pragmatism: the Nixon Administration and Crime Control." White House Studies 2006 6(2): 151-162. Issn: 1535-4738
• Hood, J. Larry "The Nixon Administration and the Revised Philadelphia Plan for Affirmative Action: A Study in Expanding Presidential Power and Divided Government" Presidential Studies Quarterly 23 (Winter 1993): 145–67
• Flippen, J. Brooks. Nixon and the Environment (2000). online edition
• Hoff, Joan. Nixon Reconsidered (1994). Quite favorable. online edition
• Kotlowski, Dean J. Nixon's Civil Rights: Politics, Principle, and Policy (2001).
• Kotlowski, Dean J. ; "Richard Nixon and the Origins of Affirmative Action" The Historian. Volume: 60. Issue: 3. 1998. pp. 523 ff. online edition
• Kotlowski, Dean J. "Deeds Versus Words: Richard Nixon and Civil Rights Policy." New England Journal of History 1999–2000 56(2–3): 122–144. Abstract: Political considerations and his own personal views gave President Nixon a mixed record in the area of civil rights, which included such advances as the implementation of affirmative action, school desegregation, and other types of economic support promoting racial equality, but opposed busing, ignored women, and made compromises to placate Southern conservatives.
• McAndrews, Lawrence J.; "The Politics of Principle: Richard Nixon and School Desegregation" The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 83 #3, 1998 pp 187+ online edition
• O'Reilly, Kenneth Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton (1995)
• Matusow, Allen J. Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes (1998)
• Sussman, Glen and Daynes, Byron W. "Spanning the Century: Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and the Environment." White House Studies 2004 4(3): 337–354. ISSN|1535-4768
• Yuill, Kevin L. Richard Nixon and the Rise of Affirmative Action: The Pursuit of Racial Equity in an Era of Limits. (2006). 265 pp.

Watergate

• Bernstein, Carl, and Bob Woodward. All the President's Men (1974), famous book based on reporting for the Washington Post
• Drew, Elizabeth. Washington Journal: The Events of 1973-1974 (1976). A day-by-day chronicle by the journalist.
• Friedman, Leon, and Levantrosser, William F. eds. Watergate and Afterward: The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon (1992), essays by scholars online edition
• Kutler, Stanley I. The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon. (1990), quite hostile
• Olson, Keith W. Watergate: The Presidential Scandal That Shook America. (2003). 220 pp.
• Schudson, Michael Watergate in American Memory: How We Remember, Forget, and Reconstruct the Past (1993)
• White, Theodore H. Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon (1975).
• Woodward, Bob, and Carl Bernstein. The Final Days (1976). The Washington Post investigative reporters' account of events from October 1973 to Nixon's resignation in August 1974.

Primary sources

• Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Report of the President (annual 1947- ), complete series online; important analysis of current trends and policies, plus statistical tables
• U.S. State Department, Foreign Relations of the United States Nixon-Ford Administrations

By Richard Nixon

• Nixon, Richard. Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents edited by Rick Perlstein (2008)
• The Challenges We Face: Edited and Compiled from the Speeches and Papers of Richard M. Nixon (1960) ISBN 0-7581-8739-4
• Six Crises, (1962) ISBN 0-385-00125-8, famous memoir of 1950s
• Nixon, Richard. RN: Memoirs (1978),a primary source; one of the most important presidential autobiographies excerpt and text search
• The Real War. (1980) ISBN 0-283-98650-6.
• Leaders. (1982) ISBN 0-446-51249-4. A character study of various leaders that RN came to know during his career
• Real Peace. (1984) ISBN 0-283-99076-7
• No More Vietnams (1987) ISBN 0-87795-668-5
• 1999: Victory Without War (1988) ISBN 0-671-62712-0
• In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal (1990) ISBN 0-671-72318-9. A more personal memoir than RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, shows RN's reflections on life, politics and personal philosophy
• Seize The Moment: America's Challenge In A One-Superpower World (1992) ISBN 0-671-74343-0
• Beyond Peace. (1994) ISBN 0-679-43323-6

Primary sources by aides and officials

• Ehrlichman, John D. Witness to Power. The Nixon Years (1982)
• Gergen, David. Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership (2000)
• Haldeman, H. R. ('Bob') The Haldeman Diaries. Inside the Nixon White House (1994), abridged version; complete diaries were published on CD-ROM by SONY
• Kissinger, Henry White House Years (1979); Years of Upheaval (1982)
• Kissinger, Henry Ending the Vietnam War: A History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War (2003) excerpt and text search
• Laird, Melvin R. "A Strong Start in a Difficult Decade: Defense Policy in the Nixon-Ford Years," International Security, Vol. 10, No. 2. (Autumn, 1985), pp. 5-26. in JSTOR
• Price, Raymond With Nixon (1977)
• Safire, William Before the Fall. An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House (1975)
• Stans, Maurice H.One of the President's Men: Twenty Years with Eisenhower and Nixon (1995)