It's impossible to be concise about Richard Nixon, but Drew gives it a good shot in under 200 pages. Unfortunately, this book is poorly edited, and Drew seems to be recycling a lot of her past works here. Ye no matter how much she minces him, she still makes you long for this slouching jowly pragmatist, especially when you consider the chipper retard in office now.

Most interesting is her contention that the potential Watergate impeachment -- the fact that the "system worked" for once -- was not inevitable. Apathy, and a pocketed press, could have averted the whole thing. And, in case you were wondering, Watergate was not just a "third-rate burglary", it was a symptom of his thug-and-bug style of governance. He was dangerous, sure, but he was also very bright. Unlike his all-too-impeachable successor number 43.