- Published: 15 March 2016
- ISBN: 9780812985412
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 640
- RRP: $35.00
Being Nixon
A Man Divided
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- Published: 15 March 2016
- ISBN: 9780812985412
- Imprint: Random House US Group
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 640
- RRP: $35.00
"Here in one sharp and briskly written volume is what you really want to know about the great and horrible 37th President: How could someone so wise about the world be so utterly clueless about himself?...[Nixon] is revealed in Thomas' hands as awkward, striving, victimized and alone - strange habits for a man who opted for such a public life, and traits that carried the seeds of his destruction." - Time "[Nixon's] oddity, more than any policy choices or impeachable crimes, is the subject of this book, which is marked by unexpected and startling empathy...One feels for Nixon." - The New Yorker "[A] fully rounded portrait, carefully pairing each indictment of Nixon with a mitigating perspective... Thomas has a fine eye for the telling quote and the funny vignette, and his style is eminently readable." - The New York Times Book Review "What was it really like to be Richard Nixon? Evan Thomas tackles this fascinating question by peeling back the layers of a man driven by a poignant mix of optimism and fear. The result is both insightful history and an astonishingly compelling psychological portrait of an anxious introvert who struggled to be a transformative statesman." - Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs