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One Man Against the World : The Tragedy of Richard Nixon by Tim Weiner (2015, Hardcover)

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In riveting, tick-tock prose, Weiner illuminates how the Vietnam War and the Watergate controversy that brought about Nixon's demise were inextricably linked. -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review). Author Tim Weiner.

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PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-101627790837

ISBN-139781627790833

eBay Product ID (ePID)211323764

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Book TitleOne Man Against the World : the Tragedy of Richard Nixon

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State

Publication Year2015

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorTim Weiner

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight20.1 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-012381

Reviews[An] eye-opening study of Richard Nixon's booze-soaked, paranoid White House years and the endless tragedies they wrought.... It speaks volumes about Nixon that there is still more to learn about him, 40-plus years after Watergate. It speaks further volumes that what we are learning is even worse than what we knew., [An] eye-opening study of Richard Nixon's booze-soaked, paranoid White House years and the endless tragedies they wrought....It speaks volumes about Nixon that there is still more to learn about him, 40-plus years after Watergate. It speaks further volumes that what we are learning is even worse than what we knew., Weiner's judgments are harsh but meticulously researched. With earlier books on the CIA and FBI and reporting on secret government programs, the veteran New York Times reporter has the experience to analyze reams of primary-source records., Weiner's Nixon emerges as a man who sought peace but who never was at peace, a president who tried to create order but who sowed disorder, a political figure who spoke of the public trust but who won the distrust of the public., The most compelling and comprehensive indictment of Richard Nixon to date, fleshing out in merciless detail the self-deceptions, lies and crimes of the 37th president., Thorough, devastating, and brilliantly convincing, perhaps the best profile of that complex man and his era we have had.... Those seeking to understand America in the second half of the twentieth century and, distressingly, beyond would do well to begin here. The tragedy was not Nixon's alone, but his role in it has never been portrayed more vividly., [A] devastating account of Nixon's presidency... This is powerful raw material, but Weiner's brilliant turns of phrase transform it into something extraordinary., A history of Nixon's paranoid White House that draws connections between his handling of the Vietnam War and the illegal domestic spying that brought down his presidency... an eye-opener., One Man Against the World is studded with gems. But perhaps its best part is the accounting of what Nixon has wrought in this country., "[An] eye-opening study of Richard Nixon's booze-soaked, paranoid White House years and the endless tragedies they wrought....It speaks volumes about Nixon that there is still more to learn about him, 40-plus years after Watergate. It speaks further volumes that what we are learning is even worse than what we knew." -- The Kirkus Review (Starred Review) "[A] devastating account of Nixon's presidency... This is powerful raw material, but Weiner's brilliant turns of phrase transform it into something extraordinary." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "Weiner writes so well that his book is not only authoritative but a riveting read." --Roger Bishop, BookPage "Thorough, devastating, and brilliantly convincing, perhaps the best profile of that complex man and his era we have had.... Those seeking to understand America in the second half of the twentieth century and, distressingly, beyond would do well to begin here. The tragedy was not Nixon's alone, but his role in it has never been portrayed more vividly." -- Booklist (Starred Review) " One Man Against the World is studded with gems. But perhaps its best part is the accounting of what Nixon has wrought in this country." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Weiner's judgments are harsh but meticulously researched. With earlier books on the CIA and FBI and reporting on secret government programs, the veteran New York Times reporter has the experience to analyze reams of primary-source records." -- Miami Herald "Rigorously damning." -- New York Magazine "The most compelling and comprehensive indictment of Richard Nixon to date, fleshing out in merciless detail the self-deceptions, lies and crimes of the 37th president." -- The Dallas Morning News "Weiner's Nixon emerges as a man who sought peace but who never was at peace, a president who tried to create order but who sowed disorder, a political figure who spoke of the public trust but who won the distrust of the public." -- Boston Globe "A history of Nixon's paranoid White House that draws connections between his handling of the Vietnam War and the illegal domestic spying that brought down his presidency... an eye-opener." -- Chicago Tribune

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal973.924092 B

Table Of ContentAuthor's Note 1 Chapter One "A great, bad man" 5 Chapter Two "This is treason" 16 Chapter Three "He was surrounded by enemies" 27 Chapter Four "He will let them know who is boss around here" 36 Chapter Five "The center cannot hold" 43 Chapter Six "Madman" 58 Chapter Seven "Don't strike a king unless you intend to kill him" 73 Chapter Eight "A pitiful, helpless giant" 79 Chapter Nine "An unmitigated disaster" 88 Chapter Ten "Only we have the power" 102 Chapter Eleven "We're not going to lose this war" 113 Chapter Twelve "It's a conspiracy" 124 Chapter Thirteen "I can see the whole thing unravel" 134 Chapter Fourteen "It is illegal, but . . ." 142 Chapter Fifteen "Night and Fog" 153 Chapter Sixteen "From one extreme to another" 163 Chapter Seventeen "This is the supreme test" 172 Chapter Eighteen "Palace intrigue" 187 Chapter Nineteen "We have produced a horrible tragedy" 201 Chapter Twenty "A hell of a way to end the goddamn war" 218 Chapter Twenty-One "You could get a million dollars" 229 Chapter Twenty-Two "Vietnam had found its successor" 246 Chapter Twenty-Three "The President of the United States can never admit that" 263 Chapter Twenty-Four "The same enemies" 280 Chapter Twenty-Five United States v. Richard Milhous Nixon 295 Epilogue 315 Judgments 319 Acknowledgments 321 Notes 325 Index 357

SynopsisThe New York Times Bestseller A shocking and riveting look at one of the most dramatic and disastrous presidencies in US history, from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Tim Weiner Based largely on documents declassified only in the last few years, One Man Against the World paints a devastating portrait of a tortured yet brilliant man who led the country largely according to a deep-seated insecurity and distrust of not only his cabinet and congress, but the American population at large. In riveting, tick-tock prose, Weiner illuminates how the Vietnam War and the Watergate controversy that brought about Nixon's demise were inextricably linked. From the hail of garbage and curses that awaited Nixon upon his arrival at the White House, when he became the president of a nation as deeply divided as it had been since the end of the Civil War, to the unprecedented action Nixon took against American citizens, who he considered as traitorous as the army of North Vietnam, to the infamous break-in and the tapes that bear remarkable record of the most intimate and damning conversations between the president and his confidantes, Weiner narrates the history of Nixon's anguished presidency in fascinating and fresh detail. A crucial new look at the greatest political suicide in history, One Man Against the World leaves us not only with new insight into this tumultuous period, but also into the motivations and demons of an American president who saw enemies everywhere, and, thinking the world was against him, undermined the foundations of the country he had hoped to lead.

LC Classification NumberE856.W425 2015