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Melvin Small

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University Press of Kansas; First Edition edition (September 1, 1999)

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Start by marking The Presidency of Richard Nixon (American Presidency) as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Twenty-five years after Richard Nixon resigned from office, his legacy remains shrouded in controversy. His was a complex, inconsistent, and even contradictory presidency, shaped by the man's personality and political practices and played out during one of America's most turbulent eras.

Twenty-five years after Richard Nixon resigned from office, his legacy .

Twenty-five years after Richard Nixon resigned from office, his legacy remains shrouded in controversy. Melvin Small now draws on the latest archival releases to take a fresh look at Nixon and place his administration in proper historical perspective. Nixon once predicted that by the year 2000 scholars would begin to evaluate his presidency more favorably.

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The presidency of Richard Nixon began at noon EST on January 20, 1969, when Richard Nixon was inaugurated as 37th President of the United States, and ended on August 9, 1974, when he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, the only . president ever to do so. He was succeeded by Vice President Gerald Ford. A Republican, Nixon took office after the 1968 presidential election, in which he defeated incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

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Decades after Richard Nixon resigned from office, his legacy remains shrouded in controversy.

Items related to The Presidency of Richard Nixon. Home Small, Melvin The Presidency of Richard Nixon. The Presidency of Richard Nixon. Small's book has the qualities we have come to expect from the American Presidency Series: comprehensive without being overwhelming, reflecting current scholarship, balanced in its judgments (no mean feat when dealing with Nixon), and a pleasure to read. Recommended without reservation. -Stephen E. Ambrose, author of Nixon and Undaunted Courage. In one masterful volume, Melvin Small surveys every important facet of the Nixon presidency.

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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Lawrence : University Press of Kansas. inlibrary; printdisabled; ; china. Kahle/Austin Foundation. urn:acs6:isbn 9780700609734:pdf:7e8-95cea8bd851c urn:acs6:isbn 9780700609734:epub:c70-a5e68d2fce56 urn:oclc:record:1035671697. Brown University Library.

Richard Nixon was a Republican congressman who served as vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower. His father was a service station owner and grocer, who also owned a small lemon farm in Yorba Linda. His mother was a Quaker who exerted a strong influence on her son. Nixon's early life was hard, as he characterized by saying, "We were poor, but the glory of it was we didn't know i. The family experienced tragedy twice early in Nixon's life: His younger brother died in 1925 after a short illness, and in 1933, his older brother, whom he greatly admired, died of tuberculosis.

Twenty-five years after Richard Nixon resigned from office, his legacy remains shrouded in controversy. His was a complex, inconsistent, and even contradictory presidency, shaped by the man's personality and political practices and played out during one of America's most turbulent eras. Melvin Small now draws on the latest archival releases to take a fresh look at Nixon and place his administration in proper historical perspective.Nixon once predicted that by the year 2000 scholars would begin to evaluate his presidency more favorably. Small, however, steers a steady course between Nixon's detractors and apologists to offer the most balanced and thorough coverage yet available of the man's character and accomplishments. He notes many of the solid achievements of Nixon's domestic programs while criticizing some of his more celebrated foreign policies, especially concerning the Third World, and illuminates Nixon's broader influence on American political institutions and culture. Small's topical approach permits readers to observe the development of an entire domestic program or international relationship over an extended period, making it easier to understand such drawn-out issues as reforming welfare or ending the Vietnam War. Regarding Vietnam, Small integrates military and diplomatic policy with Nixon's efforts to neutralize the antiwar movement. His coverage of White House operations and Nixon's war with the media precedes a particularly insightful chapter on Watergate and the threat of impeachment. A closing chapter on Nixon's post-presidential years reveals facts about his health and his "blackmailing" of both Presidents Bush and Clinton, and a bibliographic essay provides an extensive survey of the Nixon literature.He was the first president to travel to China and to call for welfare reform, and although he left Washington under a cloud, many of Nixon's ideas and policies have been embraced by Americans—a legacy few presidents can claim. Small's book is a lively and anecdotal account that looks at the many sides of Richard Nixon and comes to grips with both the man and his presidency.

Bloodray

Started reading the book thinking I knew it all but Dr Small managed to add some goodies that I hadn't run across in other works before. TY

Use_Death

Helpful. Interesting.
Smart, strange man who overcomes dislike of people to run incredibly large country of people. More effective on Vietnam than given credit for. Problem with honesty.

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Maridor

The only reason to give this a bad review would be due to its lack of getting down to the juicy Nixon facts. Other than that, it is a marvelous journey into the Nixon administration. For the most part, it is unbiased and I enjoyed it. If you want to get a look at the Nixon administration from a more or less politcal standpoint, then go for it. If you would like an Enquirer/novel type "tell all" book, then look again. 4/5

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Nixon had a dark side. His Checkers speech in 1952, in which he used a dog as a prop, should have alerted Americans to his character. His loss to Kennedy in 1960 left him with an inferiority complex. Nixon hated the Kennedys and would never have been president if JFK had not been assassinated. He was not all bad. He stood up to Khrushchev. He opened up China and ended the Vietnam War even if it took four years. He was loyal to a fault. He denied any knowledge of the burglary at Democratic Headquarters inside the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. It brought him down. Nixon and Watergate became synonymous. Nixon became the only president to resign as impeachment proceedings were underway. It is ironic that his signature is on the plaque left on the moon by Apollo 11 astronauts. Nixon and Johnson were the worst presidents of the 20th century.