Leaders [Hardcover]

Richard Nixon (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition (October 25, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446512494
• ISBN-13: 978-0446512497
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( N ) > Nixon, Richard

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great journey through a century of great leaders, July 31, 2002

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Kristian Mortensen (New York, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaders (Hardcover)

Richard M. Nixon with his "Leaders" not only master the understanding of leadership, but also writing in general. The book treats several leaders of the 20th century, Winston Churchill, Konrad Adenaur, Shigeru Yoshida, Charles de Gaulle, Nikita Khruschev and many more with granduer. What one should particularly pay attention in this book is that the author himself, has personally known every single leader in the book, which adds a great deal of invaluable personal reminiscences which at the same time analyse each person. The book is a must read for those interested in history, politics, biography, and of course leadership in general. The numerous personal advices which the author present as indispensable to great leader, pinpoints the weaknesses and qualities a leader has. At the same time, Richard Nixon, with his outstanding political career which spans over much of a lifetime, tells the reader what to do and what not to do as a leader, how and why leaders have failed in history and how and why they've reached the top. A magnificent piece of work, which will live in my memory for a long time.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Americans "misunderestimate" Nixon, February 8, 2004

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Takafumi Daimaru "Taka DAIMARU" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leaders (The Richard Nixon Library Edition) (Paperback)

I always believe Nixon is "misunderestimated" among the Americans. No matter what he had done in Watergate, he was still a great leader who changed the world overnight by shaking hands with Chou En-Lai and ended the Vietnam war.
He was also a great writer and political critique, as you can see in his books. "Leaders" is one of his best and you can learn a lot about leaders who ruled and shaped the post WWII era.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book-I'll probably re-read it., April 26, 2009

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C. J. Cox "watches/reads and reviews" (US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leaders (Hardcover)

Excellent book/with a witty and intellectual view of the world and foreign policy. Say what you wish about Nixon-but as a statesman, he's very smart and very shrewd.