a man divided Evan, Thomas 1951- creator nyu New York Random House 2016 Random House trade paperback edition eng xv, 619 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. In this revelatory biography, Evan Thomas delivers a radical, unique portrait of America's thirty-seventh president, Richard Nixon, a contradictory figure who was both determinedly optimistic and tragically flawed. One of the principal architects of the modern Republican Party and its "silent majority" of disaffected whites and conservative ex-Dixiecrats, Nixon was also deemed a liberal in some quarters for his efforts to desegregate Southern schools, create the Environmental Protection Agency, and end the draft. The son of devout Quakers, Richard Nixon (not unlike his rival John F. Kennedy) grew up in the shadow of an older, favored brother and thrived on conflict and opposition. Through high school and college, in the navy and in politics, Nixon was constantly leading crusades and fighting off enemies real and imagined. He possessed the plainspoken eloquence to reduce American television audiences to tears with his career-saving "Checkers" speech; meanwhile, Nixon's darker half-hatched schemes designed to take down his political foes, earning him the notorious nickname "Tricky Dick." Drawing on a wide range of historical accounts, Thomas's biography reveals the contradictions of a leader whose vision and foresight led him to achieve dťente with the Soviet Union and reestablish relations with communist China, but whose underhanded political tactics tainted his reputation long before the Watergate scandal. A deeply insightful character study as well as a brilliant political biography, Being Nixon offers a surprising look at a man capable of great bravery and extraordinary deviousness--a balanced portrait of a president too often reduced to caricature Part One. The Striver. Lives of Great Men Remind Us Pat and Dick The Greenest Congressman Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Checkers "El Gringo Tiene Cojones" Jack Over The Wall We Go The New Nixon October Surprise. Part Two. At The Mountaintop. "He Loves Being P!" Statesman and Madman "Need For Joy" Silent Majority The Moviegoer Hippies and Hardhats Department of Dirty Tricks Father of the Bride "Blow the Safe". Part Three. The Fall. Big Plays Speak Quietly Triumph and Tragedy "An Exciting Prospect" Peace at Last Ides Of March Praying Not to Wake Up The Saturday Night Massacre "I Hope I Haven't Let You Down" "Richard! Wake Up!" Elder Statesman Evan Thomas. Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-591) and index. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) 1913-1994 Presidentes Estados Unidos Biografías Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1969-1974 002 E 856 N736E 2016 9780812985412 0812985419 150524 20240522100031.0 eng