DON FULSOM is a longtime White House reporter and former United Press International Washington bureau chief who has covered presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. He is an adjunct professor at American University in Washington D.C., where he teaches "Watergate: A Constitutional Crisis."
When Richard Nixon boarded Air Force One on August 9, 1974 to
return to San Clemente in disgrace over Watergate, I felt an
immense sense of joy. After reading Don Fulsom's carefully reported
account of Nixon's Darkest Secrets, I'm left with a profound sense
of dread that someone so mobbed up, vindictive and downright
treasonous could have been elected president of the United States.
More than anything, the book makes me wonder how the mainstream
media was able to let Nixon skate so long when Watergate itself was
really nothing compared to his far more insidious crimes. "J.
Patrick O'Connor, author of The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal and
Scapegoat: The Chino Hills Murders and the Framing of Kevin Cooper"
Just when you thought you knew it all, Don Fulsom digs deeper into
the mire of the Nixon presidency in NIXON'S DARKEST SECRETS, a book
which bristles with revelations about the most disgraced American
leader in history. He offers evidence of how Nixon sabotaged peace
talks for political gain in 1968, how closely he was connected to
the Mafia, his alcoholism and his abuse of his long suffering wife,
Pat Nixon. "Muriel Dobbin, author and former White House
correspondent" Don Fulsom, the first reporter to link the Watergate
burglars to President Nixon's reelection campaign, has spent more
than three decades unlocking the secrets of the the Nixon
Administration's roles in a breathtaking array of crimes and
cover-ups. His new revelations about President Nixon's ties to
powerful mobsters and their stooges in politics, business and labor
have been particularly disturbing and are now fully chronicled.
Fulson's excellent new book, "Nixon's Darkest Secrets," puts an end
to the urban legend that President Nixon was run out of office in
the wake of nothing more than 'a third-rate burglary.' "Dan E.
Moldea, author of The Hoffa Wars" All those wonderful times with
President Richard M. Nixon come flooding back with Don Fulsom's
lovely litany of chiseling, payoffs, 2nd rate burglaries and, yes,
public hand-holding with a boozy Bebe Rebozo. If you covered Nixon
as I did from beginning to bitter end, no day was complete with a
Fulsom question for the uptight press secretary Ronald Ziegler. On
every presidential trip, Fulsom was first aboard the White House
press plane so he could paste up a smiling picture of Nixon over
his seat. And, Nixon did smile on reporters with an endless supply
of page one astounders. There are some I missed but fortunately
Fulsom recounts the best ones in this book that will delight and
inform those once entertained by The Trick. "Patrick J. Sloyan,
Pulitzer-prize winning Washington reporter" The Nixon papers and
tapes that continue to flow are gifts that keep on giving. Veteran
reporter Don Fulsom skillfully wraps them into a neat and
easy-to-read package. "Richard Benedetto, retired White House
correspondent, USA Today" "Nixon's Darkest Secrets" again reveals
how this most secretive of presidents ironically left a vast paper
and tape trail that reveals the history he tried so hard to
suppress. Don Fulsom, a White House reporter in Nixon's presidency,
nicely fulfills the complementary roles of contemporary observer
with that of a historian. He has opened our eyes to countless
examples of Richard Nixon's weird, incomprehensible, and sometimes
apparently criminal doings in the Oval Office. No one can write on
Nixon's personality without taking proper measure of Fulsom's work.
"Stanley Kutler, author of The Wars of Watergate" Don Fulsom has
written a fascinating look at President Richard Nixon. There is
much to be learned from his shrewd analysis. Highly, highly
recommended! "Douglas Brinkley, bestselling author and renowned
U.S. historian""
"When Richard Nixon boarded Air Force One on August 9, 1974 to
return to San Clemente in disgrace over Watergate, I felt an
immense sense of joy. After reading Don Fulsom's carefully reported
account of Nixon's Darkest Secrets, I'm left with a profound sense
of dread that someone so mobbed up, vindictive and downright
treasonous could have been elected president of the United States.
More than anything, the book makes me wonder how the mainstream
media was able to let Nixon skate so long when Watergate itself was
really nothing compared to his far more insidious crimes." --"J.
Patrick O'Connor, author of The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal and
Scapegoat: The Chino Hills Murders and the Framing of Kevin
Cooper""Just when you thought you knew it all, Don Fulsom digs
deeper into the mire of the Nixon presidency in NIXON'S DARKEST
SECRETS, a book which bristles with revelations about the most
disgraced American leader in history. He offers evidence of how
Nixon sabotaged peace talks for political gain in 1968, how closely
he was connected to the Mafia, his alcoholism and his abuse of his
long suffering wife, Pat Nixon." --"Muriel Dobbin, author and
former White House correspondent""Don Fulsom, the first reporter to
link the Watergate burglars to President Nixon's reelection
campaign, has spent more than three decades unlocking the secrets
of the the Nixon Administration's roles in a breathtaking array of
crimes and cover-ups. His new revelations about President Nixon's
ties to powerful mobsters and their stooges in politics, business
and labor have been particularly disturbing and are now fully
chronicled. Fulson's excellent new book, "Nixon's Darkest Secrets,"
puts an end to the urban legend that President Nixon was run out of
office in the wake of nothing more than 'a third-rate burglary.'"
--"Dan E. Moldea, author of The Hoffa Wars""All those wonderful
times with President Richard M. Nixon come flooding back with Don
Fulsom's lovely litany of chiseling, payoffs, 2nd rate burglaries
and, yes, public hand-holding with a boozy Bebe Rebozo. If you
covered Nixon as I did from beginning to bitter end, no day was
complete with a Fulsom question for the uptight press secretary
Ronald Ziegler. On every presidential trip, Fulsom was first aboard
the White House press plane so he could paste up a smiling picture
of Nixon over his seat. And, Nixon did smile on reporters with an
endless supply of page one astounders. There are some I missed but
fortunately Fulsom recounts the best ones in this book that will
delight and inform those once entertained by The Trick." --"Patrick
J. Sloyan, Pulitzer-prize winning Washington reporter""The Nixon
papers and tapes that continue to flow are gifts that keep on
giving. Veteran reporter Don Fulsom skillfully wraps them into a
neat and easy-to-read package." --"Richard Benedetto, retired White
House correspondent, USA Today"""Nixon's Darkest Secrets" again
reveals how this most secretive of presidents ironically left a
vast paper and tape trail that reveals the history he tried so hard
to suppress. Don Fulsom, a White House reporter in Nixon's
presidency, nicely fulfills the complementary roles of contemporary
observer with that of a historian. He has opened our eyes to
countless examples of Richard Nixon's weird, incomprehensible, and
sometimes apparently criminal doings in the Oval Office. No one can
write on Nixon's personality without taking proper measure of
Fulsom's work." --"Stanley Kutler, author of The Wars of
Watergate""Don Fulsom has written a fascinating look at President
Richard Nixon. There is much to be learned from his shrewd
analysis. Highly, highly recommended!" --"Douglas Brinkley,
bestselling author and renowned U.S. historian"
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