The Gumshoe and the Shrink : Guenther Reinhardt, Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker, and the Secret History of the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon Election.
Title:
The Gumshoe and the Shrink : Guenther Reinhardt, Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker, and the Secret History of the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon Election.
Author:
Robb, David L.
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9781595808486
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Chapter 1 The Urgent Call to Nixon -- Chapter 2 The Will to Live -- Chapter 3 The Private Detective -- Chapter 4 Bohemian Grove -- Chapter 5 The Firing Squad -- Chapter 6 The Consultation -- Chapter 7 Jack and Dick -- Chapter 8 J. Edgar Hoover Sacks Guenther Reinhardt -- Chapter 9 The Pink Sheet -- Chapter 10 The 1956 Democratic National Convention -- Chapter 11 The Arrest of Dr. Hutschnecker -- Chapter 12 Nixon's Mother -- Chapter 13 Occupied Germany -- Chapter 14 Jfk and "the New Nixon" -- Chapter 15 Addison's Disease -- Chapter 16 Nixon Starts a Rumor in Bed -- Chapter 17 The Trial of Dr. Hutschnecker -- Chapter 18 Guenther Reinhardt and the Lost Mountain of Gold -- Chapter 19 The Rat Pack -- Chapter 20 Kennedy's Father -- Chapter 21 The Medical Board Vs. Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker -- Chapter 22 "You Can't Trust the Bastards" -- Chapter 23 The Return of Guenther Reinhardt -- Chapter 24 The Breakin -- Chapter 25 Stampeding the Herd -- Chapter 26 Denial -- Chapter 27 "Fightin' Joe" Mccarthy -- Chapter 28 Crime Without Punishment -- Chapter 29 Civil Rights -- Chapter 30 The First Tv Debate -- Chapter 31 The Apt Pupil -- Chapter 32 The Second Tv Debate -- Chapter 33 The Doctor's past is Uncovered -- Chapter 34 The Secrets Are Revealed -- Chapter 35 Election Day -- Chapter 36 The Pack Rat -- Chapter 37 Marilyn -- Chapter 38 Saving the World: The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Chapter 39 The Arrest of Guenther Reinhardt -- Chapter 40 November 22, 1963 -- Chapter 41.Vietnam -- Chapter 42 "this is Treason!" -- Chapter 43 The Last Days of Guenther Reinhardt -- Chapter 44 "the Peace President" -- Chapter 45 The Reckoning -- Chapter 46 Why Watergate? -- Chapter 47 Richard Nixon's "Unforgivable Sin" -- Appendix Guenther Reinhardt's Confidential Report -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Index.
Abstract:
The Gumshoe and the Shrink is a tale of political intrigueÂa detective story and medical mystery set against the backdrop of the closest and most storied presidential election in American history. Itâs the never-before-told account of how the craziest private detective in the country uncovered Richard Nixonâs most closely guarded secretÂthat he was seeing a psychotherapistÂand how that discovery put victory out of Nixonâs reach in the 1960 election. At the center of the story is a manic-depressive private eye named Guenther Reinhardt, who in the fall of 1960 set out to destroy Richard Nixon. With Election Day just a few months away, Reinhardt discovered that Nixon was seeing a psychotherapist. And in those days, the only thing worse for a politician than needing to see a Âshrinkâ was actually seeing one. Nixonâs brilliant psychotherapist, Dr. Arnold Hutschnecker, is the other character at the center of this story. Dr. Hutschnecker tried heroically to mold Nixon into the person they both wanted him to beÂa man of peace. But like the fictional Dr. Frankenstein, his experiment failed terribly and a monster was created instead. The secret battle for the presidency detailed in The Gumshoe and the Shrink is supported by two key documents that have never been seen before: Guenther Reinhardtâs 12-page confidential report on the relationship between Nixon and Dr. Hutschnecker, and Dr. Hutschneckerâs unpublished memoirs detailing his treatment of Richard Nixon. These documents provide many fascinating insights into their Âforbiddenâ relationshipÂand into Nixonâs tortured psychology.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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