Nixon: The Education Of A Politician 1913-1962
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Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The first volume of Stephen E. Ambrose's landmark biographical series chronicles the formative decades of one of America's most complex and controversial political figures, tracing Richard Nixon's life from his humble Quaker origins in Yorba Linda, California, through his meteoric rise to the vice presidency under Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ambrose presents a meticulously researched portrait of a driven, deeply insecure, yet brilliantly strategic man, detailing how Nixon's hardscrabble upbringing, wartime Navy service, and ruthless early campaigns — including his infamous defeats of Jerry Voorhis and Helen Gahagan Douglas — forged the political instincts that would define his career. The narrative uncovers the contradictions at Nixon's core: a man capable of genuine policy vision yet repeatedly drawn to tactics of fear and innuendo, whose ambition was matched only by his capacity for self-destruction. Ambrose writes with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative propulsion of a skilled storyteller, rendering this sweeping political biography as compelling as any work of fiction. Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913–1962 stands as an essential, authoritative account of how power is sought and won in twentieth-century America.
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Simon and Schuster
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The first volume of Stephen E. Ambrose's landmark biographical series chronicles the formative decades of one of America's most complex and controversial political figures, tracing Richard Nixon's life from his humble Quaker origins in Yorba Linda, California, through his meteoric rise to the vice presidency under Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ambrose presents a meticulously researched portrait of a driven, deeply insecure, yet brilliantly strategic man, detailing how Nixon's hardscrabble upbringing, wartime Navy service, and ruthless early campaigns — including his infamous defeats of Jerry Voorhis and Helen Gahagan Douglas — forged the political instincts that would define his career. The narrative uncovers the contradictions at Nixon's core: a man capable of genuine policy vision yet repeatedly drawn to tactics of fear and innuendo, whose ambition was matched only by his capacity for self-destruction. Ambrose writes with the authority of a seasoned historian and the narrative propulsion of a skilled storyteller, rendering this sweeping political biography as compelling as any work of fiction. Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913–1962 stands as an essential, authoritative account of how power is sought and won in twentieth-century America.