Foreword by Gerald R. Ford; Acknowledgment; Prologue; 1. The Man from Marshfield; 2. Guns and Butter; 3. A House Divided; 4. Laird Also Rises; 5. Cloud Riders; 6. Into the Quagmire; 7. Fight Now, Pay Later; 8. The Resurrection of Richard Nixon; 9. Looking for an Exit; 10. Off the Menu; 11. Going Public; 12. Dueling Machiavellis; 13. Ending the Draft; 14. Objections Overruled; 15. Black September; 16. Friends in High Places; 17. "Management by Walking Around"; 18. Minority Report; 19. The Secret War; 20. The Hawks Have Flown; 21. Withdrawal Symptoms; 22. Easter Offensive
23. No Time for Quitters24. Watergate; 25. Picking a President; 26. Kitchen Cabinet; 27. A Second Career; 28. War and Peace and War; 29. Another Vietnam?; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Focuses on Laird's legacy, revealing his central and often unrecognized role in managing the crisis of national identity sparked by the Vietnam War
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-614) and index
Notes
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