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Loading... President Nixon: Alone in the White Houseby Richard Reeves
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I was afraid it might breed sympathy for the devil but instead it just ga e me a clearer picture ( ) This is a startlingly detailed account of Richard Nixon's presidency, but very rarely does it drag. What is striking is how something like the Watergate scandal that brought Nixon down seemed almost bound to happen. Very early on, dishonesty and distrust were the order of the day in the Nixon White House. From that, the Watergate break-in and cover-up were almost natural follow-ons. Recommended. no reviews | add a review
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PRESIDENT NIXON shows a man alone in a White House ruled by secrets and lies, trying to impose old values at home and new balances of power everywhere in the world. Reeves proves that the Watergate scandal was no abberation in an administration foreshadowed by a series of successful uses of 'national security' to cover coups, burglaries, lies, the abandonment of America's allies - and even murder. Reeves portrays a man of vision and iron will who created, used and was used by a small cast of hard, ambitious men who formed a poisonous circle around their insecure leader. Alone, Nixon challenged and changed the world's political and military balance while also plotting to destroy both the Democratic and Republican parties in an attempt to create secretly a new party of the centre. This account of Nixon's stewardship will stand as the balanced, authoratative portrait of an astonishng president and his ruined presidency. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.924History and Geography North America United States 1901- Eisenhower Through Clinton Administrations Richard NixonLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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