Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full
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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 New Criterion To read Black's book is to be treated like the guest at a lavish dinner party presided over by an opinionated, brilliant, mordantly amusing, powerful, and loquacious host.a `rocking, socking' (to borrow a term Nixon used to describe his more vigorous campaigns) yarn.
Acknowledgments IXThe Meteoric Rise: 1913-1953 1One of the Common People: 1913-1945 3Into the Arena: 1945-1950 75Vertical Ascent: 1950-1952 145The Travails of the Fox: 1952-1953 209The Ordeal of Ambition: 1953-1968 269The Chief Apprentice: 1953-1956 271The Regent and the Striver: 1956-1959 321Defeat and Endurance: 1959-1963 376The Triumph of Survival: 1963-1968 444The Pursuit of Peace: 1968-1972 509Tumult and Victory: 1968-1969 511The Silent Majority: 1969-1970 577Calming the Nation: 1970-1971 642Waging Peace: 1971-1972 703The Indestructible Man and Myth: 1972- 773The Pinnacle: 1972 775The Precipice: 1972-1973 846The Inferno: 1973-1974 913The Transfiguration: 1974-1994 987Notes 1061Bibliography 1095Index 1108
