Nixon s disastrous sixyear presidency was dominated by. Nixon was the first president in 120 years to face a congress completely controlled by his opponents. As his depressing introductory note states, for those who lived under nixon, it. The author is obviously apalled by nixons immoral conduct but his harsh. A shocking and riveting look at one of the most dramatic and disastrous presidencies in us history, from pulitzer prize and national book award winner tim weiner based largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, one man against the world paints a devastating portrait. Wiener played a key role in efforts to expose the surveillance as well as the behindthescenes battling. As a correspondent for the new york times, he covered the central intelligence agency and the pentagon in washington, and reported on war and terrorism from afghanistan, pakistan, the sudan, and many other nations over the course of 15 years. This bibliography of richard nixon includes publications by 37th president of the united states richard nixon and books and scholarly articles about him and his policies. More than 70,000 pages of recently declassified documents about the history and practices of the fbi form the foundation of a new book. Jun 25, 2015 tim weiner author one man against the world nixon on book talk radio. List of books and articles about richard nixon online. But in his first term, the ruling democrats included many oldline conservatives who supported his policies. Tim weiner has won the pulitzer prize and the national book award for his reporting and writing on american national security.
Alone in the white house was published in 2001 and, despite being neither a comprehensive biography nor even a thorough study of nixon s presidency, proved one of my favorite books on nixon. This book was an examination of the steps nixon took that brought him to the precipice of impeachment and his fall from power. Nixon bore himself well, but that is about all one can say. It doesnt explore his childhood or his pink smear of helen gahagan douglas during the 1950 campaign for u. When the subject matter is their foreign policy, nixon s sidekick, henry a.
Buy tim weiner ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Real peace by nixon, richard milhous and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sein buch one man against the world the tragedy of richard nixon sei weitgehend polemisch. It is a gripping and truly terrifying examination of all the illegal and terrible stuff nixon and his associates did.
Leading the vilification effort are another journalist, tim weiner one man against the world. One man against the world, by former philadelphia inquirer journalist tim weiner, covers the time richard nixon was president. Weiner, a national book award winner for legacy of ashes, pulls no punches in his devastating account of nixons presidency, drawing ondocuments. The tragedy of richard nixon, awardwinning author and journalist tim weiner tells the story of a tormented man, considered by many to be a brilliant politician, in the process of destroying himself. Weiner, a national book award winner for legacy of ashes, pulls no punches in his devastating account of nixons presidency, drawing ondocuments declassified in the last seven years.
The best biographies of richard nixon my journey through. The second big nixon book this summer after being nixon by evan thomas paints an unforgiving picture of a deeply flawed man and president. The tragedy of richard nixon, and another historian, greg grandin kissingers shadow. He is the host of the savage nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that aired on talk radio network across the united states until 2012, and in 2009. Weiner documents the nixon administration time frame in minute detail.
Founded on a tautological proposition that no one challenges. Richard nixon 1968 nixon agnew 68 campaign journalnotebook blank lined ruled 6x9 100 pages. The public papers of the presidents of the united states, richard nixon, 19691974. Nixon, kissinger, and leading from behind the atlantic. Being nixon and one man against the world the new york times. Alas, writes the author, nixon and the ever sycophantic henry kissinger could never figure out how to pull that off. Being nixon is a book that is both a biography and a mental introspection of president nixon. Political career to 1968 a graduate of whittier college and duke law school, he practiced law in whittier, calif. In his illuminating and compelling one man against the world. From the hail of garbage and curses that awaited nixon upon his arrival at the white house, when he became the president of a nation as deeply divided as it had been since the end of the civil war, to the unprecedented action nixon took against american citizens, who he considered as traitorous as the army of north vietnam, to the infamous. December 9, 2015 by ingres77 leave a comment by ingres77 leave a comment. John nixon has 29 books on goodreads with 6925 ratings.
He evidently thinks that he got a raw deal from the working press as apart from the publishers. He successfully waged a 25year legal battle to win the release of the fbis files on john lennon. Thanks to his gross abuses of presidential power symbolized by the watergate scandal and to his own decision to record the details of his presidency on tape, nixon seems destined to remain an object of fascination, amazement, scorn, and disgust for as long as historians pay attention to the american presidency. He has won the pulitzer prize for national reporting and the national book award for legacy of ashes. Books by john nixon author of debriefing the president. Tim weiner born june 20, 1956 is an american reporter and author. The tragedy of richard nixon by former new york times reporter tim weiner is a history of nixon s paranoid white. Weiner, a national book award winner for legacy of ashes, pulls no punches in his devastating account of nixons presidency, drawing on documents declassified in the last seven years. The tragedy of richard nixon, author tim weiner makes no secret of which camp he falls in.
In this readable book, weiner provides a blowbyblow account of nixons presidency. As his depressing introductory note states, for those who lived under nixon, it is worse than you may recollect. Right from the beginning of one man against the world. Weiner defends his strong contempt for the 37th president of the united states, making the argument that nixon tried to place himself above the law, much like a king, rather than the leader of a nation of laws. He is the author of four books and coauthor of a fifth, and winner of the pulitzer prize and national book award. In his fifth book, the veteran new york times national security and foreign correspondent revisits the spectacular fall of richard nixon, drawing on recently declassified documents to look afresh. In his new book one man against the world, tim weiner explores some of the questions surrounding the presidency of richard nixon, pictured above in the oval office on feb. One man against the world hardcover tim weiner, good. And this summer brings two major new nixon books tim weiners one man against the world. Tim weiner reported for the new york times for many years as a foreign correspondent and as a national security correspondent in washington, dc. Author tim weiner has drawn on the nixon white house tapes to paint a picture of a president who trusted no one, drank too much, took out his rage in bombing campaigns in indochina, and illegally wiretapped and spied on citizens through government and campaign personnel. Weiner s findings, drawing on the entirety of nixon s secret tapes and other documents, are certainly newsworthy. Weiner defends his strong contempt for the 37th president of the united states, making the argument that nixon tried to place himself above the law, much like a king, rather than the leader of a. Weiners book is valuable insofar as it adds details to confirm what we knew about nixons desperate vietnam gambits and his central role in directing the watergate coverup.
One man against the world is aptly subtitled the tragedy of richard nixon. Doug miles talks with tim weiner author one man against the world the tragedy of richard nixon on book talk radio. Richard milhous nixon, 1994, 37th president of the united states 196974, b. Tim weiner author one man against the world nixon on.
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Of course and naturally, the account of the campaign of 1960 is the most interesting section of the book. Richard nixon skip to main search results amazon prime. I found the details of most of the events of his life and presidency to be light, but the author does start out by saying he wanted this book to be more unique than an average biography. Nixon, for instance, busily selling ambassadorships, wanted to dismantle not just the state department, but. Tim weiner s one man against the world dispels any notion that richard nixon was a halfdecent president who made a few big mistakes.
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