{"product_id":"on-nixons-madness-9781421445533","title":"On Nixons Madness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWas Richard Nixon actually a madman, or did he just play one?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Richard Nixon battled for the presidency in 1968, he did so with the knowledge that, should he win, he would face the looming question of how to extract the United States from its disastrous war in Vietnam. It was on a beach that summer that Nixon disclosed to his chief aide, H. R. Haldeman, one of his most notorious, risky gambits: the madman theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOn Nixon''s Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, Zachary Jonathan Jacobson examines the enigmatic president through this theory of Nixon''s own invention. With strategic force and nuclear bluffing, Nixon attempted to coerce his foreign adversaries through sheer unpredictability. As his national security advisor Henry Kissinger noted, Nixon''s strategy resembled a poker game in which he push[ed] so many chips into the pot that the United States'' foes would think the president had gone crazy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Vietnam, Pakistan, and India to the greater Middle East, Nixon ap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant, insightful, beautifully written . . . the audacious originality of \u003ci\u003eOn Nixon's Madness\u003c\/i\u003e is a truly impressive feat.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacobson is an astute observer and a graceful writer. This brings one of America's most enigmatic presidents into sharper focus.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: ON ACTING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Acting Life of Richard Nixon\u003cbr\u003e2. The Sentimental Life of Richard Nixon\u003cbr\u003eInterlude\u003cbr\u003e3. The Working Life of Richard Nixon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: ON MADNESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Madness in the Act: The First Campaign\u003cbr\u003eInterlude\u003cbr\u003e5. The Madness in the Mind: Rage and Conspiracism in the President\u003cbr\u003eInterlude\u003cbr\u003e6. The Madness in Play: The Use of the \"Madman Theory\" in Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003eThe Madness in Control: To China and the \"Indefinite Shore\"\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408148078935,"sku":"9781421445533","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421445533.jpg?v=1730501765","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-nixons-madness-9781421445533","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}