Richard M. Nixon (Invincible Quest) - Conrad Black - Part 4
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I'd argue that Nixon is perhaps the most influential president of the 2nd half of the 20th Century. He came from humble beginnings and reached the nation's highest office. But his legacy has been tarnished mostly by Watergate and to some extent by Vietnam. Conrad Black, with his beautiful writing attempts to put the man's life as a whole into perspective. I just started the book, it is long but such a pleasure to read.
In December I happened to visit the Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Ca. Loved it and highly recommend it to any history buff.
Al
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The Invincible Quest is an authoritative biography of one of the most accomplished and controversial leaders of the twentieth century. Beginning with Richard Nixon’s birth to Quaker parents in 1913 and ending with his death in 1994, Conrad Black traces Nixon’s career, assessing both his achievements and the evolution of popular and historical thinking about him since his death.
Drawing on recently opened tapes and documents, and on Black’s personal interviews with many of the major players in Nixon’s administration, The Invincible Quest reveals a new side of Nixon: a man who didn’t have the advantage of charisma but was surprisingly self-assured and effective; a man dogged by political scandal yet seemingly unstoppable. Opinionated, balanced, and perceptive, The Invincible Quest makes a significant contribution to re-evaluating the idiosyncratic president’s entire, eventful career.