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1. bestpresidentialbios.com › 2018/06/11 › the-bestThe Best Biographies of Richard Nixon

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   Jun 11, 2018 · Published in 2015, this book sometimes feels like a biography…and sometimes like a character study. Nixon’s pre-presidency is covered too quickly (and without enough nuance) while coverage of his presidency seems less like a serious survey than a collection of clever anecdotes and revelations.

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   • The Life” by John Farrell

     Published in 2017, John Farrell's "Richard Nixon: The Life"...

   • Review of “One of Us

     One of the earliest scholarly studies of Richard Nixon is...

   • A Man Divided” by Evan Thomas

     Overall, Evan Thomas’s “Being Nixon: A Man Divided” is...

   • Review of “Nixon Agonistes

     “Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man" by Garry...

2. yalebooks.yale.edu › 2017/06/14 › rethinking-theRethinking the Evolving Historiography of Richard M. Nixon

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   Jun 14, 2017 · Fawn Brodie, in Richard Nixon: The Shaping of His Character (1981), claimed: “McCarthy was Nixon in caricature, Nixon out of control, Nixon turned nihilist.” Many authors depend on Brodie for their portraits of the Nixon-McCarthy relationship, but there were vast differences between the two men.

3. www.nytimes.com › 2024/08/09 › booksBook Review: ‘The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon,’ by Heath Hardage ...

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   Aug 9, 2024 · It’s no mystery why the first lady Pat Nixon was once the most admired woman in America. Silently glued to her adored husband’s side, perfectly poised Pat epitomized white womanhood on the eve...

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4. www.npr.org › 2011/11/12 › 142152371'Mrs. Nixon' Reimagines An Enigmatic First Lady : NPR

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   Nov 12, 2011 · Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life isn't quite fact, and it isn't quite fiction. With both humor and gravity, Beattie pieces together letters, conversations, imagined sketches and even literary...

5. www.theatlantic.com › politics › archiveThe Operatic Life of Richard Nixon

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   Jan 9, 2013 · His was the last progressive Republican presidency, his White House manned by bright young men (and women) who devised forward-thinking reforms for health care, poverty, civil rights and...

6. nationalinterest.org › feature › the-neverendingThe Neverending Debate: The Legacy of Richard Nixon

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   Aug 7, 2014 · As we hit the fortieth anniversary of the only presidential resignation in our history, it’s a good occasion to explore the two fundamental views of Richard Nixon, which correspond to the two...

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   Was Richard Nixon a caricature or a nihilist?

   • Fawn Brodie, in her book 'Richard Nixon: The Shaping of His Character (1981)', claimed: 'McCarthy was Nixon in caricature' and 'Nixon out of control', 'Nixon turned nihilist'. Many authors depend on Brodie for their portraits of the Nixon-McCarthy relationship, but there were vast differences between the two men.

   Rethinking the Evolving Historiography of Richard M. Nixon

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   Which is the best biography of Richard Nixon?

   • John Farrell’s "Richard Nixon: The Life", published in 2017, is my favorite of the Nixon biographies I've read. It is balanced, lucid, and consistently captivating, proving both familiar and fresh with its 558 pages.

   The Best Biographies of Richard Nixon

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   Is Richard Nixon one of US?

   • The campaign pamphlet from the 1946 election had it right: Richard M. Nixon is One of Us. John Aloysius Farrell is the author of Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century and Richard Nixon: The Life.

   The Operatic Life of Richard Nixon

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   Who was Pat Nixon?

   • NIXON: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady, by Heath Hardage Lee It’s no mystery why the first lady Pat Nixon was once the most admired woman in America. Silently glued to her adored husband’s side, perfectly poised Pat epitomized white womanhood on the eve of the feminist revolution.

   Book Review: ‘The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon,’ by Heath Hardage Lee - The

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   Why was Pat Nixon the most admired woman in America?

   • It’s no mystery why the first lady Pat Nixon was once the most admired woman in America. Silently glued to her adored husband’s side, perfectly poised Pat epitomized white womanhood on the eve of the feminist revolution. Self-contained yet approachable, Pat loved mingling in a crowd and was great with children. Her stamina was unsurpassed.

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   Was Pat Nixon a hero of the women's rights movement?

   • Lee also argues, less convincingly, that Pat Nixon was an unsung hero of the women’s rights movement. A proponent of the right to choose before Roe v. Wade, she persuaded her husband to include the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution in the 1972 Republican platform. She also pushed for appointing a woman to the Supreme Court.

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8. www.pbs.org › newshour › spcCharacter Above All: Richard M. Nixon Essay - PBS

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   His first major opponents, Jerry Voorhis, a millionaire banker's son, and Helen Gahagan Douglas, a famous actress and friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, could be seen as Franklins. So could his first...