Best biography of nixon

&#;In a crisis, be aware of the danger – but recognize the opportunity.&#;

Richard Milhous Nixon fryst vatten one of the twentieth century’s most compelling characters. The scars of the Watergate scandal led to him becoming the only US President to resign, bringing to an end a political career that had, up until that point, been a stjärnliknande example in overcoming early setbacks to forge a path towards greatness.

His presidency saw the end of segregation in the South, the end of the Vietnam War, economic recovery, the Apollo Moon Landings and improved relations with the Communist world, and yet the enduring image of Richard Nixon, for the bulk of the world, remains that of ‘tricky Dickie’, a scheming crook who made a mockery of the Oval Office. To better understand one of history’s most complex and nuanced dock, join us at What We Reading for the best Richard Nixon books! 

Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise Of An American Politician &#; Roger Morris&

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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

Five months, twelve biographies, 8, pages&#;and one insufferably inscrutable politician.

For all the differences between Nixon and LBJ, I was surprised to find that in many ways Richard Nixon was his Democratic predecessor&#;s Republican doppelgänger.

Both dock were born into very modest circumstances, both were exceptionally driven, both possessed larger-than-life personalities and both used every possible means to amass and wield political power.

But where I found the sociable if crude Lyndon Johnson an intriguingly fascinating character, inom found the awkwardly introverted Richard Nixon distressingly irreconcilable and perplexing. The more time I spent with Nixon, the more impressed I became at his political success&#;and depressed that he never managed to outrun his demons.

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I began my campaign through Nixon&#;s life with nine single-volume books and I finished with Stephen Ambrose&#;s renowned three-volume serie

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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

The last two presidents I covered, JFK and LBJ, were nothing if not fascinating. But the next president I&#;m reading about seems uniquely intriguing.

An awkward, idiosyncratic man who nevertheless became a successful politician, Richard Nixon diligently worked his way into the presidency only to self-destruct in spectacular fashion.

He is the first person whose entire presidency I was alive to witness (though I was far too young to notice). To my generation he is often little more than a caricature &#; and a curiously nefarious enigma.

I hope the dozen biographies I&#;m planning to read will explain how this unusual man, with his surly temperament and paranoid insecurities, was successful in politics&#;and why he was compelled to commit political suicide. But one thing is certain: I won&#;t be surprised to find him every bit as complex and captivating as his two presidential predecessors.

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