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Nixon Volume I
The Education of a Politician 1913-1962
Description
From acclaimed biographer Stephen E. Ambrose comes the life of one of the most elusive and intriguing American political figures: Richard M. Nixon.
From his difficult boyhood and earnest youth to his ruthless political campaigns for Congress and Senate to his defeats in '60 and '62, Richard Nixon emerges life-size in all his complexity. New York Times bestselling author Stephen Ambrose charts the peaks and valleys of Nixon's first fifty years—his critical support as a freshman congressman of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan; his involvement in the House Committee on Un-American Activities; his aggressive pursuit of Alger Hiss; his ambivalent relationship with Eisenhower; and more. It is the consummate biography and a stunning political odyssey.
Genres
Pages768
Released2014
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN9781476745886
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
Stephen E. Ambrose was a renowned historian and acclaimed author of more than thirty books. Among his New York Times bestsellers are Nothing Like It in the World, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers, D-Day - June 6, 1944, and Undaunted Courage. Dr. Ambrose was a retired Boyd Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and a contributing editor for the Quarterly Journal of Military History.
Reviews
Library Journal The definitive political biography....there is no more throrough treatment of Nixon's pre-presidential years.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The New York Times A voyage of discovery...through a dizzily shifting landscape.
Richard Norton Smith The Boston Globe Richly detailed, highly readable....The most penetrating Look yet at Adlai Stevenson's "man of many masks."
San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle Cool and balanced....Nixon's fair trial in the court of history.
Time Authoritative...an engrossing story.
Chicago Sun-Times Fascinating...exhaustive....Ambrose throws hard new light on the reserved, enigmatic California Quaker boy and his astonishing rise to quick power.
