Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Prøv nu
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036
Cover for Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the “Rocking, Socking” Election of 1952

Just Plain Dick: Richard Nixon’s Checkers Speech and the “Rocking, Socking” Election of 1952

Varighed
7T 6M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Fakta

A behind-the-scenes look at one of the most famous campaign speeches—Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech, to be published on its sixtieth anniversary

It all started with some businessmen bankrolling Richard Nixon to become a "salesman against socialization." But in this precursor to current campaign finance scandals, Nixon had some explaining to do to keep his place on Eisenhower's Republican ticket, so he took to the airwaves. In making his speech, Nixon left behind lines about a "Republican cloth coat" and a black-and-white cocker spaniel named Checkers. The speech saved and bolstered Nixon's political career and set the tone for the 1952 campaign.

Just Plain Dick is political history and more. It's the story of a young man nearing a nervous breakdown and staging a political comeback. While the narrative focuses tightly, almost cinematically, on the 1952 election cycle—from the spring primary season to the summer conventions, from the allegations against Nixon through to the speech in September and finally the election in November—Mattson also provides a broad-stroke depiction of American politics and culture during the Cold War.

Readers will see Nixon's contribution to current campaign styles. Here is a story of phony populism, a hatred of elites (tagged "eggheads" back then), and emotionally charged appeals erasing a rational assessment of a politician's qualifications. An entertaining and suspenseful read, Just Plain Dick is ideal election context for political junkies and those fascinated with 1950s America.

© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781481573535

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 18. december 2012

Andre kan også lide...

  1. American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves
    American Manifesto: Saving Democracy from Villains, Vandals, and Ourselves Bob Garfield
  2. The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy
    The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy John Roy Price
  3. The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions
    The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions Arno J. Mayer
  4. Tomorrow-Land: The 1964–65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America
    Tomorrow-Land: The 1964–65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America Joseph Tirella
  5. American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
    American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century Gary Gerstle
  6. Red Star over Hollywood: The Film Colony’s Long Romance with the Left
    Red Star over Hollywood: The Film Colony’s Long Romance with the Left Allis Radosh
  7. Beyond the Great Divide: How A Nation Became A Neighborhood
    Beyond the Great Divide: How A Nation Became A Neighborhood Governor George Pataki
  8. Mourning Lincoln
    Mourning Lincoln Martha Hodes
  9. John Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation
    John Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation Harlow Giles Unger
  10. The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941-1949
    The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941-1949 Zach Fredman
  11. Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China
    Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China Jeremy L. Wallace
  12. The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter & Spirit
    The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter & Spirit Randy E. Barnett
  13. Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound
    Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound Murray Morgan
  14. A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation - Updated Edition
    A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation - Updated Edition Eric D. Weitz
  15. Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship
    Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship Hawa Allan
  16. The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes
    The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes Stefan Eich
  17. The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World
    The Age of Reconstruction: How Lincoln’s New Birth of Freedom Remade the World Don H. Doyle
  18. Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World
    Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World David Maraniss
  19. A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China
    A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China Dale C. Copeland
  20. Mao's Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy
    Mao's Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy Toshi Yoshihara
  21. Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History
    Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History Andie Tucher
  22. Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City
    Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City Neal Bascomb
  23. The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story
    The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story Kermit Roosevelt
  24. One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to Civil War
    One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to Civil War John C. Waugh
  25. Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words With Charles Lindbergh – and the Battle to Save Democracy
    Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words With Charles Lindbergh – and the Battle to Save Democracy Paul M. Sparrow
  26. The Global in the Local: A Century of War, Commerce, and Technology in China
    The Global in the Local: A Century of War, Commerce, and Technology in China Xin Zhang
  27. New Democracy: The Creation of the Modern American State
    New Democracy: The Creation of the Modern American State William J. Novak
  28. Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power
    Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power Aaron Cohen
  29. Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur
    Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur Matthew N. Green
  30. Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions
    Southern Europe in the Age of Revolutions Maurizio Isabella
  31. The Global Bourgeoisie: The Rise of the Middle Classes in the Age of Empire
    The Global Bourgeoisie: The Rise of the Middle Classes in the Age of Empire Jürgen Osterhammel
  32. Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country
    Hubert Humphrey: The Conscience of the Country Arnold A. Offner
  33. Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century
    Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century Konrad H. Jarausch
  34. The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848
    The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 Jonathan Israel
  35. Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
    Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Mark G. Pomar
  36. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848
    What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 Daniel Walker Howe
  37. Jefferson and the Rights of Man: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 2
    Jefferson and the Rights of Man: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 2 Dumas Malone
  38. Lincoln's Body
    Lincoln's Body Richard Wightman Fox
  39. American Apocalypse: The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy
    American Apocalypse: The Six Far-Right Groups Waging War on Democracy Rena Steinzor
  40. The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
    The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It David A. Bell
  41. Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against a Fascist State in Iraq and the Levant, 1941
    Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against a Fascist State in Iraq and the Levant, 1941 John Broich

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis