Richard Nixon : the life
Farrell, John A. (John Aloysius)2017
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'Richard Nixon' opens with young Navy lieutenant 'Nick' Nixon returning from the Pacific and setting his cap at Congress, an idealistic dreamer seeking to build a better world. Yet amid the turns of that now legendary 1946 campaign, Nixon's finer attributes quickly gave way to unapologetic ruthlessness. It is a stunning overture to John A. Farrell's magisterial portrait of a man who embodied postwar American cynicism. Within four years of that first win, Nixon would be a U.S. senator; in six the vice president of the United States of America. 'Few came so far, so fast, and so alone,' Farrell writes. Finally president, Nixon's staff was full of bright young men who devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights and protection of the environment. It was a fine legacy, but Nixon cared little for it. He aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead.
Main title:
Richard Nixon : the life / John A. Farrell.
Author:
Farrell, John A. (John Aloysius), author
Imprint:
Melbourne : Scribe, 2017.
Collation:
737 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781911344674 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
973.924092973.924973.924 FARR
Language:
English
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BRN:
2226395
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