Making the news, taking the news : from NBC to the Ford White House /
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| Author / Creator: | Nessen, Ron, 1934- |
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| Imprint: | Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | ix, 243 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8678350 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The Mal Jaune
- 2. Golf in Palm Springs, Death in Saigon
- 3. "You Lied to Me
- 4. Weekends in Austin
- 5. "We Shall Overcome"
- 6. A Change of Plans
- 7. The Five O'clock Follies
- 8. Baptism by Fire
- 9. Cindy and the Two Apple Troupe
- 10. Tet and Other Horrors
- 11. "I Don't Want to Die"
- 12. The Cease-Fire That Wasn't
- 13. Around the World in Eighty Stories
- 14. "Nattering Nabobs of Negativism"
- 15. "Our Long National Nightmare Is Over"
- 16. The President Next Door
- 17. Changing Sides
- 18. The First Days
- 19. The Ghost Who Wouldn't Go Away
- 20. The First Lady
- 21. "WIN" and Other Economic Disasters
- 22. Too Much Vodka, Too Much Nicole
- 23. Slippery Slopes
- 24. The CIA Did What?
- 25. Speech Writing or Speech Fighting
- 26. Kicking Around Ron
- 27. Testing the President's Resolve
- 28. Stumbles and Changes
- 29. To Helsinki and Beyond
- 30. Nine Lives
- 31. "Ford to New York: Drop Dead!"
- 32. State of the World, State of the Union, State of My Marriage
- 33. "Live from New York"
- 34. Ford vs Reagan
- 35. "One Actor Is Enough"
- 36. Swine Flu and Other Maladies
- 37. Does the Soviet Union Dominate Eastern Europe?
- 38. The Race to the Wire
- 39. The End