| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 243 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Mal Jaune -- Golf in Palm Springs, death in Saigon -- "You lied to me" -- Weekends in Austin -- "We shall overcome" -- A change of plans -- The five o'clock follies -- Baptism by fire -- Cindy and the Two Apple Troupe -- Tet and other horrors -- "I don't want to die" -- The cease-fire that wasn't -- Around the world in eighty stories -- "Nattering nabobs of negativism" -- "Our long national nightmare is over" -- The President next door -- Changing sides -- The first days -- The ghost who wouldn't go away -- The First Lady -- "WIN" and other economic disasters -- Too much vodka, too much Nicole -- Slippery slopes -- The CIA did WHAT?! -- Speech writing or speech fighting -- Kicking around Ron -- Testing the President's resolve -- Stumbles and changes -- To Helsinki and beyond -- Nine lives -- "Ford to New York : drop dead!" -- State of the world, state of the Union, state of my marriage -- "Live from New York" -- Ford vs. Reagan -- "One actor is enough" -- Swine flu and other maladies -- Does the Soviet Union dominate Eastern Europe? -- The race to the wire -- The end. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nessen, Ron, 1934-
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Nessen, Ron, 1934- |
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Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Television journalists. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Presidential press secretaries -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidential press secretaries. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nessen, Ron, 1934- Making the news, taking the news. Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, ©2011 9780819571564 (DLC) 2011017892 (OCoLC)712117795 |
| ISBN |
9780819571571 (electronic book) |
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0819571571 (electronic book) |
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9780819571564 |
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0819571563 |
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9781283309356 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283309351 |
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