Título:
The pardon : the politics of presidential mercy
Autor Pessoal:
GVPL_EDITION:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Data de Publicação:
2025
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.
Descrição Física:
x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781668084946
Resumo:
Examines the contentious events surrounding President Ford's decision to pardon Nixon, featuring key players such as Alexander Haig and Benton Becker, and explores its long-term impact on American politics and the presidency, arguing that this was not a necessary act of healing, but rather an unwise gift to an undeserving recipient.
Conteúdos:
Prologue: Daredevil Sunday -- Nixon's lost insurance -- The benign prerogative -- The VP's job -- "A total pardon" -- To charge le grand fromage -- Both sides of West Exec -- Expletive deleted -- Supreme stakes -- The vise closes -- Pardons and self-pardons -- The sixth option -- Party in interest -- The sun sets on Nixon -- Nightmare's end -- Ford settles in -- The collapsing floor -- A leak-free decision -- Delivering the pumpkin -- The prosecution caves -- From Nixon to Trump -- Showdown at Casa Pacifica -- The last cuff links -- "We have all played a part" -- The legacy of the pardon -- Ford's burden -- All roads lead to, and from, Willie Horton -- The atrophy and rebirth of the pardon power -- The first-term Trump pardons -- Epilogue: Time clarifies -- Author's note -- Notes -- Index.
Linguagem:
Inglês
