The Professor and the President : Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White House / Stephen Hess.

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Chronicles the role of Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Nixon White house and the relationship between the two that grew from there, told by a member of the White House staff at the time and friend of both men.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Stephen (Author)
Corporate Author: Brookings Institution (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2015]
Subjects:
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
Moynihan, Daniel P. > (Daniel Patrick), > 1927-2003.
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Presidents > United States > Staff.
Physical Description:xviii, 172 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • PART I: THE TRANSITION: NOVEMBER 1968 TO JANUARY 1969
  • Why Nixon wants Moynihan
  • Why Moynihan wants Nixon
  • The courtship
  • The memoranda
  • Nixon: "The durable man"
  • PART II: A YEAR OF TURMOIL: 1969
  • A full agenda
  • Inauguration day: January 20
  • Nixon's team of rivals
  • At work in the West Wing basement
  • The Urban Affairs Council
  • Beyond the great society
  • Tutorial
  • Social scientist at large in the White House
  • The 75-day mark: April 14
  • Moynihan at Notre Dame: June 1
  • Nixon alone
  • Welfare reform: Moynihan's white whale
  • Nixon's address to the nation: August 8
  • Time for change: November 4
  • Planting greatness
  • On fertile ground
  • PART III: A YEAR OF DEPARTURES: 1970
  • Unfinished business
  • An unexpected invitation.