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Drew, a long-time political journalist who covered the Watergate scandal, reminds readers in her excellent addition to the American Presidents series that Nixon was more than the scandal that forced him from office. Nixon's forays into domestic policy matters like welfare and economic reform were eclipsed by his focus on the foreign policy issues he savored. His doggedness produced the twin triumphs of his presidency: the diplomatic openings to the Soviet Union and China. But he failed to end the war in Vietnam, and his strategic miscues (such as the bombing of Cambodia) brought about public unrest and sowed the seeds of the Watergate debacle. Though details of Nixon's personal life are sparse, Drew does a commendable job of conveying his personal quirks, and the chapter on Watergate deftly conveys the angst over White House skullduggery that gripped Washington as the nation began to grasp the enormity of the scandal. The author's account of Nixon's inglorious departure from public life and his largely successful attempts to reinvent himself, are tinged with both amazement and disdain, and in a stinging rebuke to her subject, she concludes that there are "large doubts" that Nixon was "fit to occupy the most powerful office in the nation." Readers who lived through the tumult and those new to the period will find much to commend in this crisp biography.
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In this American Presidents series volume, esteemed Washington correspondent Drew depicts Nixon as a man who let anger, suspicion, envy, and vanity determine his everyday conduct as president. His intransigence about "peace with honor" in Vietnam unnecessarily prolonged the conflict and entailed delivering Cambodia to the murderous Khmer Rouge. He laudably opened relations with China and warmed those with the Soviet Union, but he bungled Middle East affairs, greenlighted Pinochet in Chile, and ignored Africa. Major environmental and consumer legislation distinguished his administration, but he saw the bills as sops to whining liberals and didn't work for them. He pretended he had grand plans but actually lurched from crisis to crisis. With Watergate, he so abused executive power that presidential prestige hasn't recovered yet. Driven from office, he soon began pestering his successors with "advice" and selling himself as an elder statesman. He begs the question, Drew concludes, of whether he was fit to be president. Despite too much tortured syntax (Drew's writing lurches like Nixon's management), a cogent basic book on Nixon. Ray Olson
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Times Books; 1st edition (May 29, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0805069631
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805069631
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunate error, October 22, 2007
It's unfortunate that Elizabeth Drew refers to Monica Crowley as a Watergate-era aide in this book. Ms. Crowley worked for Nixon as an aide in the Nineties, when she was in her twenties. She would have been around five or six years old, had she worked for Nixon when he was president. Such a careless mistake makes me cautious about Drew's research methods, and gives ammunition to her critics.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not objective on this president., August 9, 2008
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Even thirty years after his presidency and fourteen after his death, Richard Nixon is still a controversial leader. Drew who lived through Watergate can't seem to get past the anger she feels toward Nixon. Nixon's presidency was one of brillance and stupidity. Brilliance in his pragmatic handling of domestice issues and his careful handling of foreign policy, and stupidity in creating a wall around himself with bad advisors and then committing crimes. Give credit where credit is due, but Drew states that Nixon, although smart, was not really a good politician. One comment is very telling. Nixon's first cabinet did not have stellar quality, because there were no good quality people there. Then Drew goes on to tell the Eastern establishment was not represented in this cabinet. Maybe, just maybe Nixon was right when he talked of the elitist Eastern establishment because it is obvious Drew is from this group, being a former writer for the New Yorker.

Another telling comment is the drug charge brought up in The Arrogance of Power. She then tells how Nixon probably took drugs, along with being drunk on most nights. Again, I have issues with both the objectivity of the drug charges. With other writers, it is obvious Nixon was under tremendous strains and used drink as an escape clause during this time. However, I don't think he was an alcholic. I guess Drew just wanted to rip down this man once more and the American President series let her.

This series is fine. I learned a lot about the American Presidents. It was sad that Drew had to write on Nixon. She proved Nixon's theory that the Left took the sword and twisted it. Unfortunately Nixon is dead. He had brillant moments in foreign policy. He also did stupid and criminal things that resulted in his resignation from the American presidency. Drew is not an objective author.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible addition to 'The American Presidents' Series, January 2, 2008
I am a big fan of the 'The American Presidents' book series. Many have some interesting perspectives on the men they are presenting. Every book in the series does a good job until I read this one. If I had wished to read a book about Watergate or the author's idiotic attempts at psychiatry I would have bought a book on Watergate or a beginners book on psychology. Aspects of the Nixon presidency like his foreign policy victories in China, Russia, and Vietnam are missing. Nixon's debateable domestic programs and nuclear freeze politics are hardly examined. His political battles in getting to Congress, the Vice Presidency, and remaking the Solid South are invisible.

The only interesting section of the book has to do with Nixon's reinventing himself after each of his defeats yet the author never gives Nixon credit for anything. Instead the book devolves into personal attacks and inane theories from the author. I asked for a biography but instead got a one sided political attack in the image of Ann Coulter or Al Franken.

Terrible.

If you are looking for a good Nixon book try any book but this.


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1.0 out of 5 stars Biased with disinformation
I don't believe I've read anything more profoundly biased and angry against President Nixon. At one point, its claimed he couldn't get out of, or end the war in, Vietnam. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alexander Curtis

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting summation of the life of Richard Nixon
I have to give Elizabeth Drew credit for taking on a nearly impossible job. She has attempted to boil down the life of Richard Nixon into a few hundred pages. Read more
Published 9 months ago by R. C Sheehy

1.0 out of 5 stars Richard M. Nixon
Complete disatisfaction - never received the item - never received a single response from several email requests as to why item has not arrived - very disappointed
Published 10 months ago by J. Hawes

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible biased edition the the American Presidents Series
It's a shame that someone who is writing an American Presidents Series is unable to do so without inserting their own bias into the story. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Marsha

4.0 out of 5 stars Un partisan review of a interesting President.
This book represents the life and times of Richard M. Nixon in a un-biased manner. It takes the good and bad aspects of his time and presents them in a way that lets the reader... Read more
Published 15 months ago by E. Kidwell

3.0 out of 5 stars Honest & Straightforward
Candid and revealing book about this controversial president. I enjoyed reading about Richard M. Nixon.
Published 17 months ago by Mary V. Flynn

4.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant shade of crazy
Great, short book on Tricky Dick. He was a nut. A brilliant nut. But a nut nonetheless.
Published 19 months ago by Jack Lechelt

4.0 out of 5 stars Biography of a tortured president
Elizabeth Drew's biography of President Richard M. Nixon is yet one more entry in Arthur Schlesinger, Jr's "The American Presidents" series. One interesting wrinkle. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Steven A. Peterson

5.0 out of 5 stars What if Someone Loved him?
At the outset of her short biography of Richard Nixon (1913 -- 1994), Elizabeth Drew quotes Henry Kissinger's comment: "Can you imagine what this man would be like if someone... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Robin Friedman

5.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction to a brilliant but severely flawed president.
as richard reeves (alone in the White House) wrote of Nixon he was brilliant but handicapped. elizabeth drew offers a readable and interesting synopsis of probably our most... Read more
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