Nixon Volume I
eBook - ePub

Nixon Volume I

The Education of a Politician 1913-1962

  1. 768 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nixon Volume I

The Education of a Politician 1913-1962

About this book

From acclaimed biographer Stephen E. Ambrose comes the life of one of the most elusive and intriguing American political figures: Richard M. Nixon. From his difficult boyhood and earnest youth to his ruthless political campaigns for Congress and Senate to his defeats in '60 and '62, Richard Nixon emerges life-size in all his complexity. New York Times bestselling author Stephen Ambrose charts the peaks and valleys of Nixon's first fifty years—his critical support as a freshman congressman of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan; his involvement in the House Committee on Un-American Activities; his aggressive pursuit of Alger Hiss; his ambivalent relationship with Eisenhower; and more. It is the consummate biography and a stunning political odyssey.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. 1. Frank and Hannah, 1878–1912
  4. 2. Yorba Linda, 1913–1922
  5. 3. Whittier, 1922–1930
  6. 4. Whittier College, 1930–1934
  7. 5. Duke Law School, 1934–1937
  8. 6. Whittier: Law and Marriage, 1937–1941
  9. 7. U.S. Navy, 1942–1945
  10. 8. The First Campaign, 1946
  11. 9. Freshman Congressman, 1947–1948
  12. 10. The Hiss Case, August—December 1948
  13. 11. The Second Campaign, 1949–1950
  14. 12. U.S. Senator, 1951
  15. 13. The Drive to the Vice-Presidential Nomination, January–August 1952
  16. 14. The Third Campaign, August—November 1952
  17. 15. Vice-President, 1953
  18. 16. The Fourth Campaign, 1954
  19. 17. “The President Has Had a Coronary,” 1955
  20. 18. Holding on to the Vice-Presidency, January–August 1956
  21. 19. The Fifth Campaign, September—December 1956
  22. 20. Searching for a Role, 1957
  23. 21. A Continent for a Theater, South America 1958
  24. 22. The Sixth Campaign, 1958
  25. 23. The Man Who Stood up to Khrushchev, 1959
  26. 24. Politics, 1959-1960
  27. 25. The Seventh Campaign, Part One, 1960
  28. 26. The Seventh Campaign, Part Two, 1960
  29. 27. Nixon as Vice-President: An Assessment, 1953-1961
  30. 28. “It was not an Easy Time,” 1961
  31. 29. The Eighth Campaign, 1962
  32. Acknowledgments
  33. Photographs
  34. About Stephen E. Ambrose
  35. Notes
  36. Bibliography
  37. Index
  38. Copyright