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Oath and honor : a memoir and a warning / Liz Cheney.

Cheney, Liz, 1966- (author.).

Summary:

Liz Cheney's memoir details her estrangement from former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. One of the few Republican officials to take a stand against the former President and his supporters after witnessing the events first-hand, Liz Cheney helped lead the Congressional Select Committee investigation into how it happened.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316572064
  • ISBN: 0316572063
  • Physical Description: x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue. (Part I: The plot against America: Election Day 2020 to January 5, 2021): The only thing that matters is winning -- Put up or shut up -- Someone is going to get killed -- The blood of patriots & tyrants -- The oath -- The secretaries of defense -- Just humor him -- More sinister than I was prepared for -- Fake electors -- Powder keg. (Part II: The attack: January 6, 2021): The oath does not bend or yield to popular sentiment -- This is because of you! -- It turned out Kevin was lying -- These are the things that happen -- He was going to let the travesty go on. (Part III: A plague of cowardice: January 7 to June 30, 2021): Impeachment and 25th Amendment are real -- A vote of conscience -- Impeachment -- Trump lied. People died. -- Trump's not eating -- RemoveLiz.com -- They stared down at their desks -- This isn't their party anymore -- But what if he is our only hope? -- That we love our country more -- The inescapable force of freedom -- A personal favor -- The power of propaganda -- Select committee. (Part IV: No half measures: Summer 2021 to Spring 2022): A different world -- McCarthy withdraws his nominees -- I was electrocuted again and again and again -- Hideaway -- Winning in court -- The Meadows text messages -- Presidents are not kings -- Legitimate political discourse -- Taking the 5th -- The illegality of the plan was obvious -- Trump thought Pence deserved to be hanged -- To the best of my recollection, I don't recall -- Not the mastermind. (Part V: The relentless march of evidence: May to December 2022): Seven-part plan -- I was slipping in people's blood -- A grave disservice to the country -- Tantamount to a revolution -- Conspiracy theories and thug violence -- It may have spiraled us into a constitutional crisis -- Hideaway 2.0 -- Ketchup on the wall -- We did our duty and we stood for truth -- President Trump is a 76-year-old man. He is not an impressionable child -- Freedom must not and will not die here -- You're welcome, @KariLake -- They knew -- State of mind -- Never again -- Unfit for any office -- Epilogue. Acknowledgments -- Notes.
Subject:
Cheney, Liz, 1966- > Political and social views.
Presidents > United States > Election > 2020.
Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021.
Cheney, Liz, 1966-
Women legislators > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. Congress. House > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 53 of 54 copies available at Westchester Library System.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 54 total copies.

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