1970s Books


Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 Best Price: $8.53 I have read a number of Hunter Thompson's books. Some were very good and some were just too...	All the President's Men Best Price: $3.95 Woodward and Bernstein detective work did an amazing job of unraveling Nixon's foolish ways. ...	Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World Best Price: $10.30 Margaret MacMillan's excellent book is entitled "Nixon and Mao," but its real stars...	Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s Best Price: $17.60 This is an exceptionally well constructed collection of essays by moderate liberals about the...	The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 Best Price: $17.70 Just like in the first book, A Walk Across America, the best take-away for this book is Jenkins'...



The Final Days Best Price: $4.79 The American body politic cuts the president a great deal of error slack. We witnessed that...	Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam Best Price: $4.28 Four hundred forty-four days. Think back to what you were doing 444 days ago. Think about...	F5: Devastation, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the 20th Century Best Price: $2.65 F5 is a really good non-fiction book that reads like the best type of fiction -- action,...	Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City "The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics and the Battle for the Soul of a...	Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies Best Price: $12.43 In his study Something Happened: A political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies, historian...



Integrity: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House Best Price: $2.99 Egil "Bud" Krogh gives a detailed and fascinating look into the Nixon White House and...	It Seemed Like Nothing Happened: America in the 1970s Best Price: $17.00	Nixon, Vol. 3: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990 Best Price: $24.95 For a guy that didn't grow up during Watergate, I found the third volume in this series to be a...	In Nixon's Web: A Year in the Crosshairs of Watergate Best Price: $6.95 In Nixon's Web is a valuable source for Watergate junkies. It also provides new information...	JIMMY CARTER: A Comprehensive Biography from Plains to Post-Presidency Best Price: $44.99 The preface starts off indicating the original idea for this book: as a campaign book and...

13 Seconds: A Look Back at the Kent State Shootings Best Price: $18.00 The book sucks as it is highly inaccurate. But, the DVD is good. Buy it used for the DVD and...	The Great Funk: Falling Apart and Coming Together (on a Shag Rug) in the Seventies Best Price: $5.96 Finally, a book on the 1970s that gets a larger theme beyond watergate and inflation. The Great...	The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat Best Price: $0.50 i just bought a new hard cover edition of the secret man at my local 99 cent store! there were...	1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America Best Price: $7.98 This book is a worthwhile immersion back into the many strains and tendencies that ran through...	Born Again (Hendrickson Classic Biographies) Best Price: $11.09 There are a lot of lessons to be learned from Born Again, and Colson shares them as opposed to...

In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal Best Price: $2.50 Why is it pleasurable to read this book ? Because you have the impression of sitting with former...	The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics Best Price: $25.00 This was required reading for a graduate course in American history. Bruce Schulman analyzes the...	The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews Best Price: $4.65 To make this short - there are hours of boring, preliminary material regarding the mechanics of...	Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Best Price: $14.52 I met Jimmy Carter in 1991, when he and I were in Zambia at the same time. It is hard to meet a...	First Lady from Plains Best Price: $16.28 She was an ideal first lady. And she's written the best look at a president's term through the...

The Fourth of May: Killings and Coverups at Kent State [PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS AN EARLY EDITION OF THE BOOK "Four Dead in Ohio" by William...	Nixon: A Life Best Price: $1.00 In searching for a positive, or, at least, evenhanded account of America's most controversial...	Watergate:: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon Best Price: $46.79 This is a terrific look back on the Watergate scandal. Emery writes that his purpose is to tell...	Abuse of Power Best Price: $2.20 This is pretty interesting material for Watergate buffs. When Watergate broke the idea that a...	Watergate and Afterward: The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon (Contributions in Political Science) Best Price: $126.95 This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars, journalists, and former Nixon...

The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat Best Price: $0.01 I began reading Bob Woodward a couple years ago with "Bush at War", and last fall read...	How We Got Here : The 70's--The Decade that Brought You Modern Life--For Better or Worse Best Price: $4.69 Chuck it. I'm embarrassed to have been seen reading this drivel. I unwittingly fell for the...	Nightmare: Underside Of Nixon Years Best Price: $18.97 Nightmare, by J. Anthony Lukas In April 1973 J. Anthony Lukas was assigned to write an...	The Whole Truth: Watergate by Sam Ervin Best Price: $75.40	Trusteeship Presidency: Jimmy Carter and the United States Congress (Miller Center Series on the American Presidency) Best Price: $6.00

Silent Coup: The Removal of a President Best Price: $1.20 Read John Dean's book "Conservatives with Conscience". The entire behind the scenes...	The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis : With Excerpts from an Essay on Watergate Best Price: $90.00 Based on an acclaimed PBS documentary, The Secret Government analyzes the threats to...	Witness to Power: The Nixon Years Best Price: $6.00 Ehrlichman is NOT a "big picture" guy. But his keen unbiased observations about...	The Nixon-Kissinger Years: Reshaping of America's Foreign Policy Best Price: $21.00 Thornton looks at foreign policy in a way that not many other scholars do. He realizes that,...	Lost Honor Best Price: $11.55 I have been fascinated with the far reaching Watergate monster since the Senate Committee...

Watergate: The Presidential Scandal That Shook America Best Price: $41.06 Read this for graduate American history course. Keith Olson's book "Watergate"...	Justice: The Memoirs of Attorney General Richard Kleindienst	Crazy Rhythm: My Journey from Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond... Best Price: $1.18 I was enticed by this book from the moment I read about Garment's lively performance of...	From: The President : Richard Nixon's Secret Files Best Price: $2.85	Jimmy Carter As President: Leadership and the Politics of the Public Good (Miller Center Series on the American Presidency) I read this book for a graduate class in American history. Let me first say that I gave the...

Betty: A Glad Awakening Best Price: $51.88	Too Good to Be Forgotten: Changing America in the '60s and '70s Best Price: $4.98 The author wonderfully describes his experiences during the tumultous years of 60s-70s and...	1972: The First Year of the 21st Century Best Price: $16.47 You can draw a direct line from the bloody and dramatic images of hooded terrorists at the 1972...	Making It Perfectly Clear	Political Discourse: A Case Study of the Watergate Affair

The Watergate Crisis (Greenwood Press Guides to Historic Events of the Twentieth Century) Best Price: $51.94 This Book is an okay if your an adult but it is a little boring for aperson like me.	Wars Of Watergate, The: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon I couldn't add anything else to the other comments; just buy it - you will not regret.	The Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr. Several years ago, a young co-worker asked me about Jimmy Carter and my response was that he was...	Exile: The Unquiet Oblivion of Richard M. Nixon Best Price: $10.00 This was truly a wonderful book. The writer really gives you personal account of the...	Richard Nixon Best Price: $4.49 Just a quick review to help offset the irresponsible review by the person from Italy. It was...

Historical Dictionary of the 1970s Best Price: $6.00 The 1970s were difficult years for the United States, a time when long-held convictions were...	Focus on Watergate: An Examination of the Moral Dilemma of Watergate in the Light of Civil Religion (120p) Best Price: $12.50	Kissinger: 1973, the Crucial Year Best Price: $19.80	Years of Upheaval Best Price: $3.72 if you want the evil truth about Dr K and how he undermined the 1968 peace talks, read "No...	One of Us Best Price: $5.84 Richard Nixon. The mere mention of the name is enough to inspire some of the most mean-spirited,...

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