Richard M. Nixon
Subtitle: a life in full
By: Conrad Black
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 1152
ISBN-13: 9780786727032
Subjects: History; Historical; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Presidents; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Biography; HISTORY
Description: The acclaimed biographer of Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes on Richard Nixon in the first full biography in a generation, bringing a unique perspective to the life and politics of one of America's most controversial public figures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 1095-1107) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The meteoric rise : 1913-1953; title: One of the common people : 1913-1945; title: Into the arena : 1945-1950; title: Vertical ascent : 1950-1952; title: The travails of the fox : 1952-1953; title: The ordeal of ambition : 1953-1968; title: The chief apprentice : 1953-1956; title: The regent and the striver : 1956-1959; title: Defeat and endurance : 1959-1963; title: The triumph of survival : 1963-1968; title: The pursuit of peace : 1968-1972; title: Tumult and victory : 1968-1969; title: The silent majority : 1969-1970; title: Calming the nation : 1970-1971; title: Waging peace : 1971-1972; title: The indestructible man and myth : 1972-; title: The pinnacle : 1972; title: The precipice : 1972-1973; title: The inferno : 1973-1974; title: The transfiguration : 1974-1994.