Title

Nixon off the record

Description

With fully reconstructed conversations based on extensive notes made at the time, Nixon off the Record puts the reader in the room with the thirty-seventh president, listening to his views on leadership, his opinions of White House predecessors and successors, his activities and thoughts during the 1992 presidential campaign and election, and his assessment of Bill Clinton's first year in office and his potential challengers in 1996. Nixon's views give voters uncommon criteria by which to measure presidential candidates - including Bob Dole - and their ability to exercise effective leadership. Richard Nixon was one of the most controversial and indestructible presidents of the twentieth century. With her privileged perspective and unlimited access to Nixon, Crowley has written a perceptive and spirited memoir that shows not just what Nixon thought in the last years of his life but who he was. She offers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of Nixon's activities and opinions, giving the reader a front-row view of recent American political history. Nixon's unparalleled experience placed him in a unique position to judge leaders who had come before and after. His assessments are candid, astonishing, and sometimes explosive. This book places those judgments in context and brings them alive for the last American presidential election of the twentieth century.

Identifier

886816

679456813

Creator

Crowley, Monica

Format

1st ed.

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1996

Program air date: September 29, 1996

Publisher

Random House

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations

Notes on front endpaper: How did you get and remember such long quotes. Was Nixon talking to a lot of other people while you worked for him. When was the last time you saw him p. 219. Why did he dislike Baker so much. How often did you see him angry p. 68. Meeting with Buchanan p. 79 Monica's the House liberal. Newspapers good for atmosphere. Perot meeting--2 1/2 hour late/we'll leak it hot story p. 91. Nixon felt Bush loss would mean country would go in another direction p. 115--What happened in '94 then. Paul Coverdell--"a kind of a turkey" p. 139. Why didn't he talk about Pat. Johnson and the taping system. Sidey-Nixon hid in the mail room Jan. 23, 1992. The media are shits p. 65. Cuomo's King appearance and a claim that he never watches Sunday shows. Nixon watching Dick Van Dyke p. 74 & convention watching. Nixon's call to Monica about endorsing Perot p. 99. Sidey visit and kidding. Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: politics, decisions, leaders, former presidents, retirement, campaigns. Notes: "Colgate, Prof. Kaufman," "private meetings," "daily diary," "Safire," "greatness," "great leaders," "head, heart, guts," "risk," "Checkers speech," "insecure," "a leader two faces," "decisions," "tonic water/power," "politics has gone down the tubes," "great presidents," "NYT editorial on Pres., Woodrow Wilson, eloquent. Lincoln. Money, short attention, popular culture," "speeches," "JFK, Reagan," "FDR, depression & facism, entitlements," "TR," "never read modern history," "great instinct," "Bush," "Nixon on IKE," "Stevenson," "petty guy," "LBJ [. . .]showing Nixon recording device," "bitter, cynical, hard," "Ford presidential photos, speeches," "Ford," "Kay Graham," "Carter," "Russia, Carter," "Reagan," "a meeting 1992," "assassination v. Watergate," "memory," "last meeting," "JFK," "Watergate/Vietnam," "not a jealous man?" "tapes," "the Kennedys," "Clinton & JFK," "How can you say not out of vindictiveness," "furious with Oliver," "20th campaign," "Sept '92," "Oct 22, 1991 Cuomo," "head, heart, guts," "Bush despises campaigning," "more influence with Cuomo," "Buchanan," "Hostile to Bush 'my advice'," "Kevin Phillips," "effective leader S.O.B.," "IKE-cold," "no fear," "Mosbacher 'not up to it'," "Nixon wanted poll numbers," "don't panic," "Roger Stone," "Buchanan calls," "Malek," "Bush why not me," "more than smart," "Nixon knew his power," "Quayle," "despised being grouped," "Clinton's personal problem," "Atwater," "Hugh Sidey, Nixon hid in the mail room," "Watergate at least no one profited," "flowers love scandal," "60 minutes," "Julie," "Hilary," "leadership class," "Tricia," "Jan 29 Bush calls Nixon because of Billy Graham," "didn't want to watch Cuomo on King," "Sunday shows," "Tsongas," "Feb 17 anger," "on Clinton," "Bush's aides on drugs," "Nixon's advice," "Al Haig," "Baker deal cutter," "Nixon memo on Russia," "didn't want to risk 'outside rejection'," "'Secret' memo," "watching TV Dick VanDyke," "Peggy Noonan," "Bush accepts invite to conf.," "Connally," "Malek call about a Bush meeting," "Julie W.H. guest of Bushs," "Friedman gets copy of memo," "March 16 memo to Bush," "1/3 of voters are kooks," "house liberal," "Bush calls Nixon, play for vanity," "John Stacks," "the papers good for atmosphere," "Monica's advice," "Nixon calls Skinner," "Tricia calls," "marijuana," "GOP convention," "1960--the greatest," "1992 dullest of all," "Jesse Jackson," "foot cast," "Perot doesn't keep his word," "Murphy Brown," "Quayle's got guts," "Bush, he's an elitist," "Perot calls Nixon [. . .]June 11 meeting with Perot half hour late, two hours late," "leak it," "my advice," "Bush calls," "last subject is main point," "Bush," "June 25," "all whiners," "Malek calls," "IKE on Bush," "Gore," "Nixon's phones," "Monica's call on listening device," "convention speeches," "Skinner calls in CA," "Al Haig call," "Baker," "Skinner calls several times," "no vision, panic," "Ray Price," "Bush compares himself to Lincoln," "Nixon's image of himself," "tested," "Nixon watched convention despite vow," "Reagan," "McCullough's Truman Bush is not a reader," "Barbara Bush teriffic," "too much bashing of gays," "Ford," "Bush's speech," "Baker," "polls," "Debates," "Malek, Teeter 'hacks'," "convention was a disaster," "prediction for the future," "Love," "Perot won," "Nixon wrote to Bush," "politicians," "letter from Dewey," "Baker was an ass," "letter to Clinton," "one of the best campaigns," "flatter the Pres., big ego," "Dole," "Foreign policy, Christopher is weak," "invites to the W.H.," "Pat Robertson's visit," "Clinton's first press conf.," "comments on presidents," "FDR enemies," "LBJ Johnson and the taping machine," "Christmas tree," "Vietnam," "Paul Coverdell 'a kind of turkey'," "Clinton's failure to call," "Justice radical feminists," "on Hilary and B.C. personal life," "post Presidency," "Quayle visit," "foreign travel," "3 boards," "run in Arizona," "Nader, Hiss," "Jan. 19 In his office talked about entire career," "Bush's foreign policy credentials are overbuilt," "stream of consciousness," "not maudlin," "Bair house steps," "Clinton loves himself," "Russian trip," "Strobe Talbott," "the gays in the military," "Billy Graham," "Dole great hope," "party lost it," "responsible moderate," "trip to save Russia," "Clinton calls," "invite to W.House," "Monica to Nixon," "Strauss," "New York Times 'great satisfaction'," "Bill Safire," "Clinton meeting," "House speech," "Clinton cursed," "Nixon on Clinton," "history won't remember him domestically," "From meeting with Clinton to memo to Dole," "reporters are rude," "another call from Clinton," "Nixon's joy," "Stephanopoulos," "Tony Lake message to Beijing," "April another Clinton call, the media," "Tony Lewis burns him," "Hillary," "Haiphong," "Bosnia," "$200 haircut," "Kemp," "elite," "Clinton 2nd term," "NAFTA," "Bebe," "Brzezinski on Foreign policy," "Vietnam Memorial," "Gergen," "talk too much," "Mrs. Nixon's funeral," "attitudes, marked change," "Elders, M.C.," "Vince Foster," "Nussbaum tough shit," "Hillary bleeding for the poor," "depression," "Clinton too available," "Dole overexposed," "kick Perot," "Dole strategy, V.P., religious right," "Rabin ceremony," "Rabin called," "Clinton, he must lose," "Sept 22, 1993 health care-Clinton," "liberal on health issues," "cabinet awful looking group," "Hillary on testifying," "another Clinton call," "Somalia," "Haiti," "had to wait on Clinton," "election night," "whiner," "Gore a good man," "2 million in legal fees," "Janet Reno," "Bush called," "Clinton calls," "Shultz and Baker insulted Nixon," "cynical," "obstruction of justice," "Whitewater," "Nixon's last word," "double standard," "funeral," "Clinton not greatness," "Clinton on elitists," "rating."

Subject

"Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994."

"Presidents--United States--Election--1992."

"Political leadership--United States--History--20th century."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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