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Stephen Hess

Bit Player

2018

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Eisenhower S. 1-48

„… quality) that ended with “Harry S. Truman.” I got my laugh, and thus began my career as a speechwriter.I …” „… , and available.On September 1, President Eisenhower’s speechwriter, Arthur Larson, resigns. Unknown to …” „… the White House. I begin September 8.When asked by students how to become a presidential speechwriter …”

Nixon S. 49-120

„… paths to avoid a high- speed collision. Nixon and speechwriter survive for another rally! My daily …” „… Nixon51Interregnum, 1961Now I had to find new employment.Among my White House colleagues, I first …” „… factions of Richard Nixon and Senator William Knowland, who represented shades of conservatism. As a result …”

Preface

„… Angeles, I am Nixon’s speechwriter as he runs for California governor. . . . 1963: November 22, President …” „… born. In the coming decades, Hess would find himself on assign-ments assisting Presidents Nixon, Ford …” „… American politics over the past 60 years. From Ike to Nixon to Ford to, yes, Jimmy Carter and on to …”

Brookings S. 121-152

„… estimate Brookings’s assets today.) When Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, Kermit set out to …” „… when Richard Nathan arrived in late 1972. Like me, he was another Nixon administration veteran, a key …” „… going to be far from my attention— or me far from a radio or TV interview.132 Stephen HessUntil Nixon’s …”

Index S. 185-0

„… etiquette, 163–64; home office for, 75–76; Moyni-han, 95, 101; news media, 140–46, 158; Nixon, 77, 78, 87 …” „… transition, 147; and Kennedy assassination, 74; leisure activities, 20–21; and Nixon’s campaigns, 33, 34–35 …” „… Fallows, James, 139Family Assistance Plan, Nixon administration, 101, 128Family background, Hess’s, 6–8 …”

Beth's List: A Summing Up S. 153-178

„… course, to the chimpanzee mascot of NBC’s Today show and President Nixon’s Irish setter.My problem was …” „… secre-tary was Ron Nessen, his national security adviser was James Lindsay, and I was his speechwriter. When …” „… Richard Nixon. She set up a meeting in his Santa Monica office. Stone was not particu-larly animated, and …”

doi.org/10.5771/9780815737001

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Christine Weiss

Der US-Präsident als Inszenierung

2008

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Literaturverzeichnis S. 149-180

„… , Liz Carpenter Alphabetic Files Richard M. Nixon Birthplace & Museum (Yorba Linda, California …” „… ) Campaign Research File; Evlyn Dorn Collection; Angeline Holte Collection; Richard Nixon Pre-Presidential …” „… Papers: Speech File 1952; Speech File 1968; Patricia Ryan Nixon; 1968; Allan Wallace Collection Gerald R …”

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Stephen Hess, James P. Pfiffner - Organizing the Presidency

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Stephen Hess, James P. Pfiffner

Organizing the Presidency

2020

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Lyndon B. Johnson: 1963-1969 S. 73-87

„… any women on the pro-fessional staff), and later Nixon’s, were less able to dispute the deci-sions of …” „… Eisenhower through the Nixon adminis-tration, not because succeeding presidents desired less back talk from …” „… increase in routine functions assumed by the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon staffs.“I’ll get my action from …”

Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1933-1945 S. 8-24

„… reserved for drafting sessions with his speechwriters.The official members of his administration formed …” „… to Sherman Adams by Dwight Eisenhower or to H. R. Haldeman by Richard Nixon.The White House staff’s …” „… had been Roosevelt’s draftsman in Albany, again emerged as chief speechwriter in 1936; Stanley High …”

Notes S. 213-238

„… . White, Breach of Faith, p. 325. A similar observation was made by a former Nixon speechwriter: “Nixon …” „… anachronism and would be converted into an independent agency during the Nixon administration.15. Sorensen …” „… , President-elect Nixon visited the White House and asked Johnson why he had kept so many Kennedy appointees …”

Richard M. Nixon: 1969-1974, Gerald R. Ford: 1974-1977 S. 88-121

„… 887Richard M. Nixon1969–1974Gerald R. Ford1974–1977If the U.S. government were to choose presidents …” „… on the basis of a written test, Richard M. Nixon in 1968 would have appeared near the top of the list …” „… the nature of the office that had first eluded him.That with all his experience Nixon became the first …”

Index S. 239-0

„… , 83; Kennedy, 70–71; Nixon, 89, 105, 106, 143–144, 206; Roosevelt, 8, 19–21, 24; Truman, 33–34, 35, 36 …” „… policy, 150, 154, 157, 166; and Gulf War, 154; media relations, 158, 159, 165–166; and Nixon, 150, 158 …” „… , 144–145, 148; Iranian hostage crisis, 129, 145; legislative initiatives, 133–134; and Nixon administration …”

Jimmy Carter: 1977-1981, Ronald W. Reagan: 1981-1989 S. 122-148

„… shortcomings of incumbent or past presi-dents. Anti- Nixon sentiment helped elect Carter, who pledged not to …” „… . Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter reacted against the secrecy and imperial quality of Richard Nixon’s White …” „… Nixon, Carter preferred to reach decisions in private from options presented to him in writing. He did …”

Dwight D. Eisenhower: 1953-1961 S. 40-58

„… was to use Vice Pres-ident Richard Nixon as his political surrogate, an arrangement that also …” „… worked for him; later they would not work for Nixon, who did not understand their subtleties. “The use of …” „… chart for speechwriter, but other staff members, notably Gabriel Hauge and Bryce Harlow, were pressed …”

John F. Kennedy: 1961-1963 S. 59-72

„… under Johnson and to become pathological under Nixon.Consequently, the White House staff continued to …” „… his symbolic duties, such as speech-writer Sorensen and press secretary Salinger. This was in the …”

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Thomas J. Whalen

JFK and His Enemies

2014

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Chapter Four: Looking like a Loser S. 71-92

„… scares,including a heart attack in 1955. According to White House speechwriterEmmet John Hughes, Nixon’s “poised …” „… FOURLooking like a LoserRichard Nixon and the 1960 Presidential CampaignOn the November night John …” „… jowl-faced Richard M. Nixon, the California grocer’sson now turned vice-president-elect, flickered on the …”

Chapter Five: The Perfect Failure S. 93-114

„… from a 1,364-word text he had spent weekslaboring over with longtime speechwriter and close aide …” „… complete dictatorship,” Dulles said.26Richard Nixon arrived at a similar conclusion in April when he had …” „… ,” Nixon said in aconfidential memorandum to Eisenhower afterward. “He is either in-credibly naïve about …”

Chapter Two: Beating the Best S. 23-46

„… speechwriter and the senior Kennedy’s future son-in-law R. Sargent Shriver. “He knew how Jack should be dressed …” „… chamber.71In 1960 Lodge ran against Kennedy again, this time as Vice PresidentRichard Nixon’s Republican …” „… , January 25, 1949; Christopher Matthews, Kennedy andNixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America (New …”

Chapter Seven: Taking on Jim Crow S. 137-158

„… exception. In the closing stages of his presiden-tial campaign fight against Nixon, he did place a phone …” „… , 1963. Authored by the veteran speechwriter and Ku KluxKlan devotee Asa Carter, who later went on to …” „… over Nixon in 1960. He had carried six southern statesin that election, and now it seemed quite …”

Chapter Six: To the Brink S. 115-136

„… remainder of the fall keeping close tabs on the1960 presidential campaign. No fan of Richard Nixon, whom he …” „… affair, until after the election. “We kept Nixon from being able toclaim that he could deal with the …” „… [Cuba],” he solemnlybegan from a text prepared by presidential speechwriter Theodore Soren-sen. “The …”

Chapter Three: A Gamblin’ Man S. 47-70

„… with a little black bag and a check-book.”31Kennedy insiders like speechwriter and close political …” „… to the Republican inroadsmade during the Eisenhower years. In point of fact, the Eisenhower-Nixon …” „… presidential tan-dem of Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. with all his trademarkenergy and drive …”

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Bruce Smith

The Last Gentleman

2022

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The Most Turbulent Year S. 262-285

„… Demo-crats for the nomination and would defeat Nixon in the fall. He thus satisfied himself that he would not …” „… president’s speechwriter, took the Pentagon’s drafts and was responsible for the final version of the speech …” „… secret ending in which LBJ, unbeknownst to the other speechwriters, would announce his decision on …”

The 1960 Presidential Election S. 59-77

„… . Ted Sorensen was not only a gifted speechwriter for John Kennedy but also a skilled negotiator. Ted …” „… , Bowles argued, neutralizing the Nixon claim to political stature as sitting vice president. Stevenson was …” „… Luther King Sr., who had been a Nixon supporter, announced that he was switching his loyalty to …”

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