The Resource Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
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- Summary
- "What was it really like to be Richard Nixon? Evan Thomas tackles this fascinating question by peeling back the layers of a man driven by a poignant mix of optimism and fear. The result is both insightful history and an astonishingly compelling psychological portrait of an anxious introvert who struggled to be a transformative statesman."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 619 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: The fatalistic optimist
- Part I. The striver
- Lives of great men remind us
- Pat and Dick
- The greenest congressman
- Rock 'em, sock 'em
- Checkers
- "El gringo tiene cajones"
- Jack
- Over the wall we go
- The new Nixon
- October surprise
- Part II. At the mountaintop
- "He loves being P!"
- Statesman and mad man
- "Need for joy"
- Silent majority
- The movie goer
- Hippies and hardhats
- Department of dirty tricks
- Father of the bride
- "Blow the safe"
- Part III. The fall
- Big plays
- Speak quietly
- Triumph and tragedy
- "An exciting prospect"
- Peace at last
- Ides of March
- Praying not to wake up
- Saturday Night Massacre
- "I hope I haven't let you down"
- "Richard! Wake up!"
- Elder statesman
- Epilogue: Rise again
- Isbn
- 9780812995367
- Label
- Being Nixon : a man divided
- Title
- Being Nixon
- Title remainder
- a man divided
- Statement of responsibility
- Evan Thomas
- Subject
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- trueBiographies
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Politicians
- trueNixon, Richard M., (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Nixon, Richard M., (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- truePolitical leadership
- truePoliticians -- Biography
- truePresidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 20th century
- Biographies
- Large type books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "What was it really like to be Richard Nixon? Evan Thomas tackles this fascinating question by peeling back the layers of a man driven by a poignant mix of optimism and fear. The result is both insightful history and an astonishingly compelling psychological portrait of an anxious introvert who struggled to be a transformative statesman."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs
- Summary
- Reveals the personal and political lives of the American president, whose accomplishments during his presidency opened foreign relations with the Soviet Union and China but also led to his political downfall in the Watergate scandal
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10435294
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thomas, Evan
- Dewey number
-
- 973.924092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E856
- LC item number
- .T48 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nixon, Richard M.
- Presidents
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a man divided
- Label
- Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-591) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The fatalistic optimist -- Part I. The striver -- Lives of great men remind us -- Pat and Dick -- The greenest congressman -- Rock 'em, sock 'em -- Checkers -- "El gringo tiene cajones" -- Jack -- Over the wall we go -- The new Nixon -- October surprise -- Part II. At the mountaintop -- "He loves being P!" -- Statesman and mad man -- "Need for joy" -- Silent majority -- The movie goer -- Hippies and hardhats -- Department of dirty tricks -- Father of the bride -- "Blow the safe" -- Part III. The fall -- Big plays -- Speak quietly -- Triumph and tragedy -- "An exciting prospect" -- Peace at last -- Ides of March -- Praying not to wake up -- Saturday Night Massacre -- "I hope I haven't let you down" -- "Richard! Wake up!" -- Elder statesman -- Epilogue: Rise again
- Control code
- 20403723
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xv, 619 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812995367
- Lccn
- 2015009669
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Being Nixon : a man divided, Evan Thomas
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-591) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The fatalistic optimist -- Part I. The striver -- Lives of great men remind us -- Pat and Dick -- The greenest congressman -- Rock 'em, sock 'em -- Checkers -- "El gringo tiene cajones" -- Jack -- Over the wall we go -- The new Nixon -- October surprise -- Part II. At the mountaintop -- "He loves being P!" -- Statesman and mad man -- "Need for joy" -- Silent majority -- The movie goer -- Hippies and hardhats -- Department of dirty tricks -- Father of the bride -- "Blow the safe" -- Part III. The fall -- Big plays -- Speak quietly -- Triumph and tragedy -- "An exciting prospect" -- Peace at last -- Ides of March -- Praying not to wake up -- Saturday Night Massacre -- "I hope I haven't let you down" -- "Richard! Wake up!" -- Elder statesman -- Epilogue: Rise again
- Control code
- 20403723
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xv, 619 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812995367
- Lccn
- 2015009669
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- trueBiographies
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Politicians
- trueNixon, Richard M., (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Nixon, Richard M., (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- truePolitical leadership
- truePoliticians -- Biography
- truePresidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 20th century
- Biographies
- Large type books
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