3 Books Richard Nixon And Mao & 1973 Nervous Breakdown Watergate & Gerald Ford

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3 Books Richard Nixon And Mao & 1973 Nervous Breakdown Watergate & Gerald Ford:
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President Richard Nixon Mao Tse-tung China USA

Up for offers is this 3 book biographical package involving the time period when Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford served as President:

Hardcover version of Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed The World, which was written by Margaret MacMillan and is BRAND NEW; NOT an ex-library book; NO punch holes.

With the publication of her landmark bestseller Paris 1919, Margaret MacMillan was praised as “a superb writer who can bring history to life” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Now she brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most important subjects today–the relationship between the United States and China–and one of the most significant moments in modern history. In February 1972, Richard Nixon, the first American president ever to visit China, and Mao Tse-tung, the enigmatic Communist dictator, met for an hour in Beijing. Their meeting changed the course of history and ultimately laid the groundwork for the complex relationship between China and the United States that we see today.That monumental meeting in 1972–during what Nixon called “the week that changed the world”–could have been brought about only by powerful leaders: Nixon himself, a great strategist and a flawed human being, and Mao, willful and ruthless. They were assisted by two brilliant and complex statesmen, Henry Kissinger and Chou En-lai. Surrounding them were fascinating people with unusual roles to play, including the enormously disciplined and unhappy Pat Nixon and a small-time Shanghai actress turned monstrous empress, Jiang Qing. And behind all of them lay the complex history of two countries, two great and equally confident civilizations: China, ancient and contemptuous yet fearful of barbarians beyond the Middle Kingdom, and the United States, forward-looking and confident, seeing itself as the beacon for the world. Nixon thought China could help him get out of Vietnam. Mao needed American technology and expertise to repair the damage of the Cultural Revolution. Both men wanted an ally against an aggressive Soviet Union. Did they get what they wanted? Did Mao betray his own revolutionary ideals? How did the people of China react to this apparent change in attitude toward the imperialist Americans? Did Nixon make a mistake in coming to China as a supplicant? And what has been the impact of the visit on the United States ever since?Weaving together fascinating anecdotes and insights, an understanding of Chinese and American history, and the momentous events of an extraordinary time, this brilliantly written book looks at one of the transformative moments of the twentieth century and casts new light on a key relationship for the world of the twenty-first century.

soft cover version of Write It When I’m Gone, which was written by Thomas M. DeFrank and is BRANDNEW with slight shelf wear and a reminder mark (NOT a library book; NO punch holes).
In 1974, award-winning journalist and author Thomas DeFrank, then a young correspondent for Newsweek, was interviewing Vice President Gerald R. Ford when Ford blurted out something astonishingly indiscreet related to the White House, came around his desk, grabbed DeFrank\'s tie, and told the reporter he could not leave the room until he promised not to publish it. \"Write it when I\'m dead,\" he said-and that agreement formed the basis for their relationship for the next thirty-two years. During that time, they talked frequently, but from 1991 to shortly before Ford\'s death in 2006, the interviews became something else-conversations between two men in which Ford talked in a way few presidents ever have. Here is the real Ford on his relationship with Richard Nixon (including the 1974 revelation that, in DeFrank\'s words, \"will alter what history thinks it knows about the events that culminated in Ford\'s becoming president\"); Ford\'s experiences on the Warren Commission; his complex relationships with Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter; his startling, never-before-disclosed discussions with Bill Clinton during the latter\'s impeachment process; his opinions about both Bush administrations, the Iraq war, and many contemporary political figures; and much more. Here also are unguarded personal musings: about key cultural events; his own life, history, and passions; his beloved wife, Betty; and the frustrations of aging.
In all, it is an unprecedented book: illuminating, entertaining, surprising, heartwarming, and, in many ways, historic.
Reviews“Sheds new light on the nation’s only unelected president, his turmoils, and candid thoughts.”
—Washingtonian“Intriguing.”
—Los Angeles Times“Ford’s comments are always fascinating… Political junkies will love this book.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch“Gives the world some juicy, posthumous candor.”
—Chicago Tribune --
Hardcover version of 1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America, which written by Andreas Hillen and is BRAND NEWwith slight shelf wear; NOT a library book; NO reminder marks; NO punch holes.
An engaging and eye-opening dissection of a watershed year in American history.Tumultuous and exciting, 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the oil crisis and the Watergate hearings. It was also a year of remarkable creative ferment. From landmark movies such as The Exorcist, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti to seminal books such as Fear of Flying and Gravity’s Rainbow, from the proto-punk band the New York Dolls to the first ever reality TV show, The American Family, the cultural artifacts of the year testify to a nation in the middle of a serious identity crisis. 1973 Nervous Breakdown offers a fever chart of a year of uncertainty, fragility, and change, a year in which post-war prosperity crumbles and modernism gives way to postmodernism. Killen ransacks newspapers, magazines, novels, films, TV shows and music to bring to life traumatic events. The fate of the family, the future of the presidency, the sanity of the masses—all of these bedrocks of society are threatened. 1973 marks the pivotal year of a decade whose impact on our own cultural zeitgeist remains considerable—a decade in sore need of liberation both from the long shadow of the 1960s and from the backwards shadow cast by the 1980s. With this book, Andreas Killen offers a lively and revelatory analysis of one of the most important periods in the second half of the 20th century.
Andreas Killen is Assistant Professor of History at the City College of New York. He holds a Ph.D. from New York University, where he specialized in modern cultural and urban history. He has been the holder of an Andrew Mellon Fellowship at UCLA, was a Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, Germany, and has been the recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation. His writing has appeared in Salon and The New York Times Magazine.
Traumatic and yet strangely exhilarating, 1973 signaled the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. For Americans, this was a year of shattering political crisis, marked by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the OPEC oil embargo, and the Watergate hearings. But it was also the year of remarkable creativity. From landmark movies such as The Exorcist, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti to seminal books such as Fear of Flyingand Gravity\'s Rainbow, from the proto-punk band the New York Dolls to the first-ever reality TV show, An American Family, the popular culture of this year testifies to a nation in the midst of a serious identity crisis.
1973 Nervous Breakdown offers a chart of a year of rupture, disorientation, and uncertainty, a year in which postwar prosperity crumbled and modernism gave way to postmodernism. The fate of the family, the future of the presidency, the sanity of the masses—all of these bedrocks of society were threatened. Faced with the collapse of traditional institutions and beliefs, Americans began to rewrite the national story line.