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In reply to the discussion: The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all]I had gotten out my copy of Perlstein's book this morning. I think it is one of the most important books on the presidency that I've had the pleasure of reading. Glad to see you have a very high opinion of it, too.
It's interesting, in regard to your last point: I don't think his wife really knew him, either. Only on a relatively surface level. Perhaps the daughters had closer relationships with him, as he seemed to have taken an interest in their lives .....maybe even, to an extent, on an emotional level.
On the ride home from the book store, my son said, "What you really are describing sounds much more like a mobster with an inferiority complex, than a president." That describes part of Nixon.
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absolutely. They should be chilling, as well as abhorrent to most of our sensibilities
bigtree
Jul 2014
#9
"I have more books by or about Nixon...." I have over 80, if we count the topic of Watergate. Plus,
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#23
I'm Class of '71; my 19th birthday was Election Day '68. When I was 10, I quit Girl Scouts because
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#33
Heh--Irish here, too! PA coal-cracker (Up the Mollies!), and my Sicilian great-grandparents dropped
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#40
Rumor has it that what "W-gate" was about was covering up details of Dallas '63. I find it
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#34