![]() ![]() Through high school and college, in the navy and in politics, Nixon was constantly leading crusades and fighting off enemies real and imagined. Kennedy) grew up in the shadow of an older, favored brother and thrived on conflict and opposition. The son of devout Quakers, Richard Nixon (not unlike his rival John F. One of the principal architects of the modern Republican Party and its “silent majority” of disaffected whites and conservative ex-Dixiecrats, Nixon was also deemed a liberal in some quarters for his efforts to desegregate Southern schools, create the Environmental Protection Agency, and end the draft. In this revelatory biography, Evan Thomas delivers a radical, unique portrait of America’s thirty-seventh president, Richard Nixon, a contradictory figure who was both determinedly optimistic and tragically flawed. One of Time’s Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Year No single volume about Nixon’s long and interesting life could be so comprehensive.”- Chicago Tribune Nixon, a political savant whose gaping character flaws would drive him from the presidency and forever taint his legacy. ![]() The landmark New York Times bestselling biography of Richard M. ![]()
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