Being Nixon: a man divided
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In Being Nixon, Evan Thomas peels away the layers of the complex, confounding figure who became Americas thirty-seventh president. The son of devout Quakers, Richard Nixon (not unlike his rival John F. Kennedy) grew up in the shadow of an older, favored brother and thrived on conflict and opposition. Through high school and college, in the navy and in politics, he was constantly leading crusades and fighting off enemies real and imagined. As maudlin as he was Machiavellian, Nixon possessed the plainspoken eloquence to reduce American television audiences to tears with his career-saving zCheckersy speech; meanwhile, his darker half hatched schemes designed to take down his political foes, earning him the notorious nickname zTricky Dick.y
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Thomas, E. (2015). Being Nixon: a man divided. First large print edition. New York, Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Thomas, Evan, 1951-. 2015. Being Nixon: A Man Divided. New York, Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Thomas, Evan, 1951-, Being Nixon: A Man Divided. New York, Random House Large Print, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Thomas, Evan. Being Nixon: A Man Divided. First large print edition. New York, Random House Large Print, 2015.
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505 | 0 | |a Introduction: The fatalistic optimist -- Part I. The striver -- Lives of great men remind us -- Pat and Dick -- The greenest congressman -- Rock 'em, sock 'em -- Checkers -- "El gringo tiene cajones" -- Jack -- Over the wall we go -- The new Nixon -- October surprise -- Part II. At the mountaintop -- "He loves being P!" -- Statesman and mad man -- "Need for joy" -- Silent majority -- The movie goer -- Hippies and hardhats -- Department of dirty tricks -- Father of the bride -- "Blow the safe" -- Part III. The fall -- Big plays -- Speak quietly -- Triumph and tragedy -- "An exciting prospect" -- Peace at last -- Ides of March -- Praying not to wake up -- Saturday Night Massacre -- "I hope I haven't let you down" -- "Richard! Wake up!" -- Elder statesman -- Epilogue: Rise again. | |
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