num_pages: 292
description: A veteran White House reporter reveals the 37th president was even more sinister &amp; haunted than known. Nixon left the White House in 1974 in disgrace, but Americans never knew the full extent of his demons, deceptions, paranoia, prejudices, hatreds &amp; chicanery. Calling on his work in covering Nixon, scores of interviews with congressmen, White House staffers &amp; others close to him, &amp; newly declassified documents &amp; recordings, veteran journalist Fulsom sheds new light on Tricky Dick. Revelations:That the future president sabotaged the 1968 peace talks for political gain.By the time he became president in 1969, he had linked to the mob for over 20 years &amp;, as president, was connected with New Orleans boss Carlos Marcello, the nation's most powerful MafiosoHe had a drinking problem. Aides referred to him as "Our Drunk".He was misogynistic &amp; was abusive toward 1st lady Pat Nixon.The intimate, maybe homosexual, nature of his relationship with confidante Charles "Bebe" Rebozo, a mob-tied banker.Testimony alleging he'd ordered the killing of White House reporter Jack Anderson.Fulsom’s examination of these &amp; other startling aspects of Nixon’s personal &amp; political dimensions paint an unflinching portrait of a leader who was once the most powerful man in the world. Nixon’s Darkest Secrets provides a chilling final chapter in literature on this troubled president.
language: English
title: Nixon's Darkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most Troubled President
publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press (NY)