Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990
by Stephen E. Ambrose
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Author: Stephen E. AmbroseEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-10
ISBN: 0671792083
Number of pages: 672
Publisher: Touchstone Books
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Book Review: Title says it all.
Summary: 5 Stars
Stephen Ambrose concludes his three volume work on Richard Nixon with a flourish. Watergate is an extremely complex and lengthy story which Ambrose details in fine detail. After the president's resignation, we are then treated to Nixon's final comback which is a sixteen year saga.
In terms of the three volume set, Ambrose does a brilliant job with this nine decade life. But let's give his subject some credit as well. Richard Nixon (love him or hate him) is one of the most fascinating individuals of the 20th century. A man of modest means who goes from U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and a two term Vice President through 1960. At that point, he is dealt with devastating defeats in a presidentail election and the 1962 Governor's race in California. Some men would be left for dead but you just can't get rid of this guy. Wins the presidency in 1968 and a crushing landslide in 1972. Serving two terms would seem to have been the crowning achievement except for a little break-in at a hotel interrupts the fairy tale ending. As mentioned in the first paragraph, he makes his final comeback to re-establish his reputation. He does all of this with a personality that would seem to be an antithesis of a politician (moody, no close friends, distrust of people, awkward in social situations.)
I read the entire three volume set (almost 2,000 pages) this summer and I am not sure if I will ever read about a subject so interesting done by such an outstanding writer.
Summary of Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990
Watergate is a story of high drama and low skulduggery, of lies and bribes, of greed and lust for power. With access to the central characters, the public papers, and the trials transcripts, Ambrose explains how Nixon destroyed himself through a combination of arrogance and indecision, allowing a "third-rate burglary" to escalate into a scandal that overwhelmed his presidency. Within a decade and a half however, Nixon had become one of America's elder statesmen, respected internationally and at home even by those who had earlier clamoured loudest for his head. This is the story of Nixon's final fall from grace and astonishing recovery.Political Books
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