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Weiner, Tim.
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.
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Weiner, Tim.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.
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One man against the world : the tragedy of Richard Nixon / Tim Weiner.
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Weiner, Tim.
Henry Holt and Company, [2015]
Call #:
973
.924
N736w
Subjects
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.
ISBN:
9781627790833
1627790837
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xi, 369 p. ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Here is the first history of President Richard Nixon covering all of his secret tapes and documents, many declassified in the past two years. Award-winning journalist Tim Weiner presents a devastating portrait of a tortured and tormented man, showing how, in Nixon's mind, the conflict in Vietnam and the crimes of Watergate were one war, fought on two fronts. He trusted no one--not his Cabinet, not his closest advisers, not the American people. Elected to unite a nation as discordant as it was at the close of the Civil War, Nixon disdained domestic policies and programs. He wanted above all to create what he called 'a generation of peace'--by asking the world's leading Communist dictators to help him end the Vietnam War. He saw antiwar American citizens as opponents no less dangerous than the enemy in Vietnam. Gripped by rage and insomnia, he fought his foes without mercy. Abroad, his best weapons were B-52 bombers. At home, he used undercover agents, warrantless wiretaps, break-ins, and burglaries. Almost all his presidency is recorded on tape or preserved on paper, creating a remarkable record of the most intimate and damning conversations. Only recently, after forty years of struggle, has much of this jaw-dropping information been made public. Nixon saw himself not only as the leader of the free world but "the world leader"--yet he was addicted to the gutter politics that ruined him. His political suicide has no equal in American history."--From publisher.
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