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The rise, fall, and rebirth of Richard Nixon is perhaps the most fascinating story in American politics—and perhaps the most misunderstood. Nixon: A Life is the first entirely objective biography of Richard Nixon. Former British Defense Minister Jonathan Aitken conducted over sixty hours of interviews with the impeached former president and was granted unprecedented access to thousands of pages of Nixon's previously sealed private documents. Nixon reveals to Aitken why he didn't burn the Watergate tapes, how he felt when he resigned the presidency, his driving spiritual beliefs, and more. Nixon: A Life breaks important new ground as a major work of political biography, inspiring historians to recognize the outstanding diplomatic achievements of a man whose journey from tainted politician to respected foreign policy expert and elder statesman was nothing short of remarkable.
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INDEX
N. stands for Richard M. Nixon.
A
Aarons, Les, 616
ABC Television, xv, 359, 670
Abernathy, Ralph, 291
ABM (antiballistic missile defence system), 416, 463, 514–15, 520–22
Abplanalp, Robert A., x, 380, 401–4, 414, 554, 638, 670
Abrams, General Creighton, 475, 516
Acheson, Dean, 178, 288, 261, 272–73
Achilles, Theodore, 295, 446, 559
Acker, Marje, 670
ADA (Americans for Democratic Action), 274, 525
Adams, Vice President, later President, John, 242, 444
Adams, Sherman, 241, 247, 251, 279, 281, 283, 291–92
Adams, Duque and Hazeltine, 345
Adelson, Bill, 73
Adenauer, Konrad, xiv–xv, 304, 386–87
Advanced Donors of the United Funds of Northern Westchester County, 376–77
Africa, N.’s visits to, 290, 341, 387
Agnew, Spiro T., 420–22, 431, 433, 446, 517, 585, 592–93, 595–97, 623
Aitken, Jonathan, xiii–xix, 41, 47, 62, 66n, 123, 181, 206, 322n, 388, 397–98, 401, 406, 543–53, 558, 589n, 602, 607, 624
Alameda, Cal., N.’s posting to, 126, 128–29
Alaska, N. campaigns in, 337–38
Albert, Carl, 570, 597
Albrink, Frederick, 75–77, 79, 84
Allan, Ken, 635
Allen, Richard V., 656, 658–59
Alsop, Joseph, 166
Alsop, Stewart, 91, 166, 246
Ambrose, Stephen, 461, 554, 610, 673
Amery, Julian, 287, 647, 649, 667
Anderson, Bob, 312
Anderson, Prof...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- One: Background and Boyhood
- Two: Whittier College
- Three: Spirituality, Sadness, and Romance
- Four: Duke University
- Five: Law, Love, and Marriage
- Six: War
- Seven: Election to Congress
- Eight: Freshman Congressman
- Nine: The Hiss Case
- Ten: The Senate Election
- Eleven: Senator and Vice-Presidential Candidate
- Twelve: The Vice-Presidential Years 1953–1956
- Thirteen: The Vice-Presidential Years 1956–1960
- Fourteen: A Tale of Two Defeats
- Fifteen: The Wilderness Years 1963–1967
- Sixteen: 1968
- Seventeen: The Peaks and Valleys of the Presidency
- Eighteen: Peacemaking and Election Winning
- Nineteen: Watergate and Resignation
- Twenty: Exile and Renewal
- Epilogue: The View from Eagles Nest
- Principal Sources
- Notes
- Index