Author: Elizabeth Drew
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Biographies, History, Politics, Non Fiction
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9780805069631
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The complex man at the center of America's most self-destructive presidency
In this provocative and revelatory assessment of the only president ever forced out of office, the legendary Washington journalist Elizabeth Drew explains how Richard M. Nixon's troubled inner life offers the key to understanding his presidency. She shows how Nixon was surprisingly indecisive on domestic issues and often wasn't interested in them. Turning to international affairs, she reveals the inner workings of Nixon's complex relationship with Henry Kissinger, and their mutual rivalry and distrust. The Watergate scandal that ended his presidency was at once an overreach of executive power and the inevitable result of his paranoia and passion for vengeance.
Even Nixon's post-presidential rehabilitation was motivated by a consuming desire for respectability, and he succeeded through his remarkable resilience. Through this book we finally understand this complicated man. While giving him credit for his achievements, Drew questions whether such a man--beleaguered, suspicious, and motivated by resentment and paranoia--was fit to hold America's highest office, and raises large doubts that he was.
This book is part of the "The American Presidents" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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 | "Herbert Hoover"
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| "Andrew Johnson"
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 | "Warren G. Harding"
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 | "James Buchanan"
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 | "George H. W. Bush"
First published in 2003
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 | "James K. Polk"
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 | "Gerald R. Ford"
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 | "Zachary Taylor"
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 | "James Monroe"
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| "Woodrow Wilson"
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 | "Andrew Jackson"
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