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The contender, Richard Nixon : the Congress years, 1946-1952 / Irwin F. Gellman.

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Main Author: Gellman, Irwin F.
Other title:Richard Nixon.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, c1999.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Table of 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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