Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Preface 1
6. 1. The Prerequisites for a Congressional Candidate 5
7. 2. Nixon’s First Primary 25
8. 3. Nixon Versus Voorhis 61
9. 4. Learning the Congressional Routine 89
10. 5. Nixon and HUAC 107
11. 6. The Herter Committee 120
12. 7. Sharpening Foreign and Domestic Priorities 144
13. 8. Running for Reelection 167
14. 9. Moving Onto the National Stage 181
15. 10. Nixon: Chambers Versus Hiss 196
16. 11. The Pumpkin, Father Cronin, the FBI, and Duggan 225
17. 12. Nixon, Communism, and the Truman Triumph 253
18. 13. Stepping Sideways to Move Up 264
19. 14. The 1950 Primary 289
20. 15. Douglas Versus Nixon: The Issues 306
21. 16. Fifty-one Days in the Fall: Nixon Versus Douglas— Reality and Legend 319
22. 17. Communism and Korea 344
23. 18. Corruption in the Highest Places 372
24. 19. “Electability” and Other Issues 391
25. 20. The 1952 Convention 422
26. Epilogue: Nixon and His Detractors— Whom Should We Believe? 451
27. Notes 461
28. Bibliography 541
29. Glossary of Characters 553
30. Index 559