Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Author’s Note

CHAPTER ONE

“A great, bad man”

CHAPTER TWO

“This is treason”

CHAPTER THREE

“He was surrounded by enemies”

CHAPTER FOUR

“He will let them know who is boss around here”

CHAPTER FIVE

“The center cannot hold”

CHAPTER SIX

“Madman”

CHAPTER SEVEN

“Don’t strike a king unless you intend to kill him”

CHAPTER EIGHT

“A pitiful, helpless giant”

CHAPTER NINE

“An unmitigated disaster”

CHAPTER TEN

“Only we have the power”

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“We’re not going to lose this war”

CHAPTER TWELVE

“It’s a conspiracy”

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

“I can see the whole thing unravel”

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“It is illegal, but…”

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“Night and Fog”

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

“From one extreme to another”

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

“This is the supreme test”

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“Palace intrigue”

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“We have produced a horrible tragedy”

CHAPTER TWENTY

“A hell of a way to end the goddamn war”

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

“You could get a million dollars”

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

“Vietnam had found its successor”

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

“The President of the United States can never admit that”

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

“The same enemies”

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

United States v. Richard Milhous Nixon

Epilogue

Judgments

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Also by Tim Weiner

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