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An absorbing example of political journalism, The Nixon Memo is a case study of Richard Nixon's relentless quest for political rehabilitation. At issue is the key role of this former president of the United States (best known for his involvement in the famous "watergate" scandal) in the post-cold war debate about aiding Russia in its uncertain revolution.
The story begins on March 10, 1992. Nixon had written a private memo critical of president George Bush's policy toward Russia. The memo leaked and exploded on the front page of The New York Times. Why would Nixon attack Bush, a fellow party member fighting for re-election? Why on an issue of foreign affairs, which was Bush's strength? The questions are as intriguing as the answers, and distinguished journalist and scholar Marvin Kalb offers a suspenseful, eye-opening account of how our conventional wisdom on United States foreign policy is shaped by the insider's game of press/politics.
This story of Nixon's Machiavellian efforts to pressure the White House, by way of the press, into helping Boris Yeltsin and Russia sheds new light on the inner workings of the world inside the government of the United States. Marvin Kalb read the documents behind the Nixon memo and interviewed scores of journalists, scholars, and officials in and from Washington and Moscow. Drawing on his years of experience as a diplomatic correspondent, he identifies and illuminates the intersection of press and politics in the fashioning of public policy.
"An absorbing and often compelling argument that Richard Nixon directed his own political rehabilitation on the world stage, using presidents, lesser politicians, and the press as his supporting cast. This is a first-class job of unraveling a complex and usually unseen tapestry."—Ted Koppel
"With Marvin Kalb's captivating account, Richard Nixon continues to fascinate us even in death."—Al Hunt
The story begins on March 10, 1992. Nixon had written a private memo critical of president George Bush's policy toward Russia. The memo leaked and exploded on the front page of The New York Times. Why would Nixon attack Bush, a fellow party member fighting for re-election? Why on an issue of foreign affairs, which was Bush's strength? The questions are as intriguing as the answers, and distinguished journalist and scholar Marvin Kalb offers a suspenseful, eye-opening account of how our conventional wisdom on United States foreign policy is shaped by the insider's game of press/politics.
This story of Nixon's Machiavellian efforts to pressure the White House, by way of the press, into helping Boris Yeltsin and Russia sheds new light on the inner workings of the world inside the government of the United States. Marvin Kalb read the documents behind the Nixon memo and interviewed scores of journalists, scholars, and officials in and from Washington and Moscow. Drawing on his years of experience as a diplomatic correspondent, he identifies and illuminates the intersection of press and politics in the fashioning of public policy.
"An absorbing and often compelling argument that Richard Nixon directed his own political rehabilitation on the world stage, using presidents, lesser politicians, and the press as his supporting cast. This is a first-class job of unraveling a complex and usually unseen tapestry."—Ted Koppel
"With Marvin Kalb's captivating account, Richard Nixon continues to fascinate us even in death."—Al Hunt
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INDEX
“How to Lose the Cold War,” Nixon’s memo of March 1992, is referred to as the memo throughout this index; “America’s Role in the Emerging World,” the conference associated with the memo, is referred to as the AREW conference.
ABC News, 56–57, 93, 115–16
Abramowitz, Morton, 39
Acheson, Dean, 5
Adenauer, Konrad, 197
administrations: of Bush, 42–43, 46, 48–49, 61–62, 64–65, 67, 93, 112, 190; of Clinton, 3, 46, 52, 145, 154, 180; of Gorbachev, 37–41, 44–45, 71, 73, 197, 219–21; of Kennedy, 193, 196, 198; of Nixon, 50–51; of Reagan, 6, 27, 55, 100, 180, 197; of Yeltsin, 1–3, 58, 102, 119, 123, 124, 128, 134–36, 140–42, 157, 218
Africa, Nixon’s trip to, 23
Agnew, Spiro, 205–6
agriculture, foreign aid for, 43, 60, 72, 142, 220
Albright, Madeleine, 180
Allison, Graham: meeting with Nixon, 45–47, 49; plan for aid to Soviet Union, 42–45, 163
“All Things Considered” (NPR), 123–24
Ambrose, Stephen E., 12, 18, 154–55
American Society of Newspaper Editors, 29
“America’s Role in the Emerging World” (AREW conference): agenda of, 97; and Bush, 52–53, 56, 76, 95–97, 108, 110–15, 117–20; and coverage of memo, 90, 94, 189–90; motivations for, 50–52, 113–14, 188; Nixon’s speech at, 91–92, 97–105, 109; plans for, 5–6, 49–53, 67, 85, 87–88, 95–97, 100, 125–26
Amos, Deborah, 93
Andropov, Yuri, 26–27
Apple, R. W, Jr., 150, 154
Arbatov, Georgy, 37
Arledge, Roone, 56
arms control: during Cold War, 5, 27, 50, 118, 193; post-Cold War, 33, 36–37, 44, 61, 63, 6...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- One. The Idea
- Two. "I'm One of the Most Hated"
- Three. "To Give History a Nudge"
- Four. Bingo!
- Five. "Who Lost Russia?"
- Six. Enter the Press
- Seven. The Conference: First, Nixon . . .
- Eight. The Conference: . . . and Then Bush
- Nine. "The Tide Turning"
- Ten. The Ultimate Irony
- Eleven. Shadow Minister
- Twelve. The Final Nixon
- Epilogue: Memories of Watergate
- Appendix: The Nixon Memo (March 1992)—How to Lose the Cold War
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index