One Man Against the World : The Tragedy of Richard Nixon

from wb4ever1

The life of Richard Nixon is a subject about which historians never tire of finding something say, and ONE MAN AGAINST THE WORLD: THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD NIXON, by Tim Weiner, is one of the better recent ones. This is not a “life and times” full out biography of the 37th President's life and caree...

from thoughtbox

Richard Nixon was a legitimately terrifying human being. Triply so because he was president. I never figured him for a super great guy, but the Nixon depicted in this book is clinically paranoid, petty and far more vindictive than he has any right to be. You need a little background for this book...

from bevok

Many books have been written on Nixon, including a number of recent titles prompted by the release of the last of the tapes of his White House conversations in 2013. Few will better this concise but well written journalistic history. Nixon will always be a fascinating figure who did more than any...

from bks1953

A concise (about one-fifth the size of President Nixon's edited transcripts released in April 1974) but detailed re-telling of the underside of the Nixon presidency. As Mr Weiner writes in his Author's Note, "For those who lived under Nixon, it is worse than you recollect. For those too young to ...

from ronsea

Very well written journalism. Native journalistic intelligence vs acedemic intelligence. Fast paced and well thought out and designed. Timely since it is based on freedom of information data made available in the last two years. Spends most of focus on Vietnam, US protesters ( the real enemy - hi...