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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Nixon was both the best and the worst of modern presidents, opines Hoff, who argues that Watergate clouded his substantial domestic achievements. In this closely argued reassessment, she criticizes his foreign policy accomplishments--only rapprochement with China remains intact--and profiles a president whose radical proposals for restructuring welfare and creating a national health insurance program remain relevant today, in her estimate. She also commends Nixon's expanded enforcement of affirmative action, bold reorganization of federal agencies and redistribution of power away from Congress and the federal bureaucracy toward state and local governments. Hoff, a professor of history at the University of Indiana, draws on her interviews with Nixon and his advisers, as well as recently released Nixon White House papers and tapes, to shed light on his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, his tense relations with Henry Kissinger and his rationalizations and paranoid insecurities.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Hoff, an Indiana University historian and senior editor of University Publications' microfilm edition of Nixon's presidential papers, presents a scrupulously researched analysis of Nixon's domestic and foreign policies and of Watergate. Placed in a "historical rather than histrionic perspective," Nixon is revealed as a progressive Republican burdened by an aprincipled nature that clouded his awareness of "conventional morality or ethical standards." Surprisingly, Hoff praises Nixon primarily for his domestic policies; revenue sharing, a proposed guaranteed income, and plans for national health insurance were liberal by today's standards. Nixon's foreign policy accomplishments, including detente, Middle East treaties, and relations with the Third World, were ephemeral and often subverted by Henry Kissinger, the ego-driven security adviser. Unlike most Nixon revisionists, Hoff believes that Nixon's obstruction of justice during Watergate warranted impeachment but that his overall accomplishments and his numerous books will ensure his rehabilitation. Hoff's important study synthesizes the latest research and offers interpretations that all serious Nixon scholars must consider. Highly recommended for academic and large public libraries.
Karl Helicher, Upper Merion Twp. Lib., King of Prussia, Pa.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Nixon was both the best and the worst of modern presidents, opines Hoff, who argues that Watergate clouded his substantial domestic achievements. In this closely argued reassessment, she criticizes his foreign policy accomplishments--only rapprochement with China remains intact--and profiles a president whose radical proposals for restructuring welfare and creating a national health insurance program remain relevant today, in her estimate. She also commends Nixon's expanded enforcement of affirmative action, bold reorganization of federal agencies and redistribution of power away from Congress and the federal bureaucracy toward state and local governments. Hoff, a professor of history at the University of Indiana, draws on her interviews with Nixon and his advisers, as well as recently released Nixon White House papers and tapes, to shed light on his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, his tense relations with Henry Kissinger and his rationalizations and paranoid insecurities.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Hoff, an Indiana University historian and senior editor of University Publications' microfilm edition of Nixon's presidential papers, presents a scrupulously researched analysis of Nixon's domestic and foreign policies and of Watergate. Placed in a "historical rather than histrionic perspective," Nixon is revealed as a progressive Republican burdened by an aprincipled nature that clouded his awareness of "conventional morality or ethical standards." Surprisingly, Hoff praises Nixon primarily for his domestic policies; revenue sharing, a proposed guaranteed income, and plans for national health insurance were liberal by today's standards. Nixon's foreign policy accomplishments, including detente, Middle East treaties, and relations with the Third World, were ephemeral and often subverted by Henry Kissinger, the ego-driven security adviser. Unlike most Nixon revisionists, Hoff believes that Nixon's obstruction of justice during Watergate warranted impeachment but that his overall accomplishments and his numerous books will ensure his rehabilitation. Hoff's important study synthesizes the latest research and offers interpretations that all serious Nixon scholars must consider. Highly recommended for academic and large public libraries.
Karl Helicher, Upper Merion Twp. Lib., King of Prussia, Pa.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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