Beyond Peace [Hardcover]

Richard M. Nixon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 10, 1994

The former president sheds new light on critical foreign and domestic issues confronting the United States in the post-Cold War era, presenting a new agenda for America that calls for a renewal of our national purpose. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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From the time he left office in disgrace to his death in 1994, Richard Nixon sought to rehabilitate his image and be remembered as one of his century's great statesmen. To that end, he wrote several books in which he expounded upon his ideas concerning governance and statecraft. Beyond Peace is the last of these volumes, addressing the need for America to meet the challenges of a geopolitical scene transformed by the collapse of the Communist bloc.

What should America's role in the international political arena be? What are the most pressing crises at home, and why has the end of the Cold War only made them worse? These are the questions that Nixon addresses not only with policy suggestions, but with ruminations about the spiritual hunger which many of us endure and which he believed neither the religious right nor its liberal counterparts were successfully abating. Although his thoughts are broad to the point of scatteredness at times, Beyond Peace nevertheless provides a useful insight into the political philosophy that shaped his life's actions.

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The former president offers a new vision for post-Cold War America.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 262 pages
• Publisher: Random House; 1st edition (May 10, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679433236
• ISBN-13: 978-0679433231
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,073,667 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but a tough read, November 18, 2006

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B. Lotze (Louisville, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond Peace (Hardcover)

This is not light reading, but is interesting if you are a politics wonk or are interested in what Nixon thought was next for the US after the end of the cold war. You may want to break it up a little, I had to force myself to slog thru the last chapter or so after reading too much at one sitting.

2.0 out of 5 stars A lot of wrong ideas, October 11, 2011

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T. Dottie (Tokyo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond Peace (Hardcover)

Granted this book is 17 years old, but he was wrong on a lot of things. He would be kicked out of the Republican Party today, but he would embrace the Tea party

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book for America's silent majority, February 8, 2004

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T. G. Laufer "Is that you John Wayne?" (Annapolis MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond Peace (Hardcover)

Nixon, despite his personal demons, was perhaps the most intellgent president in the last 50 years; his iron grasp of foreign and domestic policy is a breath of fresh air in our polerized nation. Unlike many of today's politicans, Nixon understood that only a America that is strong at home and abroad can be an effective America.

Nixon is an effective writer that defines the issues, presents the opposing side and then crushes them with his. The book opens with his views on foregin policy: build an alliance with the Russians, keep trading with China and allow its outdated communist government to collaspe, open relations with Cuba, isolate Iran and other rouge nations and help the thrid world.

Nixon voices that the US, not the UN, should lead the world in progress and should never look for a permision slip (as thepresident said in the State of the Union). The End of the cold war brought a unquie chance to remake the world beyond peace; history will show that this was wasted with short sighted socialict policies and a hands off approach to world affairs that lead to our war on terror today.

He then explains that America needs less but more effective goverment. Today, we are heading down the road to a more socialist America- there are calls for a national health care system, demands for the goverment to throw more money at pusedo communist programs. Ironically, he says, it seems that Russia and the thrid world are becoming more pro west than we are.

Nixon was a no nonsense leader and knew what was and is best for America. It is sad though, that our nation almost as divided today as when he was president. A house divided shall not stand though, and America needs today a strong stand in the name of freedom. I've got a feeling that Bush read this and Nixon's other great work, no more Vietnams.