{"product_id":"haigs-coup-how-richard-nixons-closest-aide-forced-him-from-office-hardcover","title":"Haig's Coup: How Richard Nixon's Closest Aide Forced Him from Office - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay Locker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen General Alexander M. Haig Jr. returned to the White House on May 3, 1973, he found the Nixon administration in worse shape than he had imagined. President Richard Nixon, reelected in an overwhelming landslide just six months earlier, had accepted the resignations of his top aides--the chief of staff H. R. Haldeman and the domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman--just three days earlier. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Haldeman and Ehrlichman had enforced the president's will and protected him from his rivals and his worst instincts for four years. Without them, Nixon stood alone, backed by a staff that lacked gravitas and confidence as the Watergate scandal snowballed. Nixon needed a savior, someone who would lift his fortunes while keeping his White House from blowing apart. He hoped that savior would be his deputy national security adviser, Alexander Haig, whom he appointed chief of staff. But Haig's goal was not to keep Nixon in office--it was to remove him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHaig's Coup, \u003c\/i\u003e Ray Locker uses recently declassified documents to tell the true story of how Haig orchestrated Nixon's demise, resignation, and subsequent pardon. A story of intrigues, cover-ups, and treachery, this incisive history shows how Haig engineered the \"soft coup\" that ended our long national nightmare and brought Watergate to an end.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay Locker \u003c\/b\u003eis the former Washington enterprise editor at \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, where he directed investigative reporting out of the Washington bureau. His work as a reporter and editor has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNixon's Gamble: How a President's Own Secret Government Destroyed His Administration\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44282368720998,"sku":"9781640120358","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eVpXYmxoRDEwclhnb0RmZ3ZaNzR6UT09.webp?v=1766571914","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/haigs-coup-how-richard-nixons-closest-aide-forced-him-from-office-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}