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Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image
To his conservative supporters in 1940s southern California, Richard Nixon was a populist everyman; to liberal intellectuals of the 1950s, he was "Tricky Dick," a devious manipulator; to 1960s radicals, a shadowy conspirator; to the Washington press corps, a pioneering spin doctor; to his loyal Middle Americans, a victim of liberal hatred; to recent historians, a...more
Paperback, 512 pages
Published
October 17th 2004
by W. W. Norton & Company
(first published October 6th 2003)
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When I read this book, the floor below me was in the thick of a gay porn party. I admit, that this environment may have skewed my perceptions and memories of this book. That said, that might have been the prefect touch of surreal needed to understand Nixon. This is not a book about Nixon but that postmodern notion of what is a Nixon. Like “Nixonland,” this book approaches Nixon as a cipher of his times; a man able to master his own inhumanness into a political tool, his own obvious campaign defe...more
Any book that incorporates Alger Hiss and the beyond-delightful film Dick into a scholarly but immensely readable social history is an automatic 5 stars for me. I re-read chapters of this frequently.
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"...the pleasure in hearing Nixon hold forth was based not on a wish that he return to influence but on the safety of knowing that he would not."
Slanted, but not radically, to the left. Some great Goldwater quotes. Approaches balance for such a polarizing subject.
Slanted, but not radically, to the left. Some great Goldwater quotes. Approaches balance for such a polarizing subject.
Fascinating not only for people interested in Nixon but for people interested in the concept of a person as a brand. Nixon understood personal branding better than many, but failed pretty miserably in his execution. His MySpace page would have sucked.
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