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OverviewHerbert G. Klein was a significant figure in both journalism and political history during the mid- to late Twentieth Century. Klein is best known as longtime advisor to Richard Nixon, and was with Nixon at peak moments in his career, including the Checkers Speech and Nixon’s 1960 and 1962 campaigns. Upon Nixon’s election as President, Klein became the White House Director of Communications, a new position Klein was tasked with designing. For four years, Klein was known as one of Nixon’s chief advisors. But then, for reasons historians have never fully explored, he disappears from Nixon’s political landscape as well as from scholarly and public prominence. This book establishes Herbert G. Klein as a formative figure in the Richard Nixon White House, whose contributions to Nixon’s press strategies, their subsequent impact on the president’s actions, attitudes, and eventual fall, have been largely overshadowed in scholarly literature. It explores the then-emerging, and now enduring, conflict between journalistic truth and presidential image. The work draws from previously unexplored materials on Klein in the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. The account is notable for the first examination of Klein’s only known oral history, lessening a gap in the existing literature on Nixon’s aides and his relationship with the media. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wafa UnusPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.549kg ISBN: 9781498581356ISBN 10: 1498581358 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 27 November 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Though Klein Struggled, the Press Ultimately Prevailed Chapter 2: 1946 - 1968: Klein and the Campaign Years Chapter 3: Launching the White House Communications Office Chapter 4: Media and the Vietnam Quagmire Chapter 5: Media and the Prelude of Watergate Chapter 6: Klein in ContextReviews"Professor Unus has found one of the untold tales of the Nixon presidency in her portrait of Herb Klein -- a ""newsman"" and ""journalist"" in the best meaning of those words. In fact, if Nixon had listened to Herb, rather than merely exploiting his considerable skills and good standing with his professional peers to spread Nixon's image-building messages from the White House, history could have been very different. This book is not merely excellent scholarship, it is a good read and a story well told. -- John W. Dean, Former Nixon White House Counsel" Professor Unus has found one of the untold tales of the Nixon presidency in her portrait of Herb Klein -- a newsman and journalist in the best meaning of those words. In fact, if Nixon had listened to Herb, rather than merely exploiting his considerable skills and good standing with his professional peers to spread Nixon's image-building messages from the White House, history could have been very different. This book is not merely excellent scholarship, it is a good read and a story well told. -- John W. Dean, Former Nixon White House Counsel Author InformationWafa Unus is assistant professor of journalism at Fitchburg State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |