Richard M. Nixon
A Life in Full
Conrad Black
1169 pages · Released Oct 23, 2008 · PublicAffairs
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What's inside
Violence
Fighting, weapons, death
Language
Swearing, crude humor
Sexual content
Romance intensity, nudity
LGBTQ+ themes
Presence of characters or themes
Scary or mature
Horror, trauma, heavy themes
Substance use
Alcohol, drugs, smoking
What it offers
Positive messages
Kindness, courage, honesty, resilience
Positive role models
Characters who model good judgment and growth
Educational value
History, science, culture, how the world works
A note for parents
This is a dense, adult-oriented political biography of Richard Nixon spanning over 1,100 pages, designed for mature readers with interest in American history and politics. The content itself is not graphic or explicit, but the subject matter involves political scandal, abuse of power, and ethical corruption that require historical context and critical thinking to process appropriately. The book offers substantial educational value about 20th-century American politics, Cold War diplomacy, and Watergate, but is best suited for high school students and adults, not younger readers. A parent should consider whether their teenager has the maturity to engage with complex historical analysis of presidential misconduct.
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From the publisher
From the late 1940s to the mid-1970s, Richard Nixon was a polarizing figure in American politics, admired for his intelligence, savvy, and strategic skill, and reviled for his shady manner and cutthroat tactics. Conrad Black, whose epic biography of FDR was widely acclaimed as a masterpiece, now separates the good in N... From the late 1940s to the mid-1970s, Richard Nixon was a polarizing figure in American politics, admired for his intelligence, savvy, and strategic skill, and reviled for his shady manner and cutthroat tactics. Conrad Black, whose epic biography of FDR was widely acclaimed as a masterpiece, now separates the good in Nixon -- his foreign initiatives, some of his domestic policies, and his firm political hand -- from the sinister, in a book likely to generate enormous attention and controversy. Black believes the hounding of Nixon from office was partly political retribution from a lifetime's worth of enemies and Nixon's misplaced loyalty to unworthy subordinates, and not clearly the consequence of crimes in which he participated. Conrad Black's own recent legal travails, though hardly comparable, have undoubtedly given him an unusual insight into the pressures faced by Nixon in his last two years as president and the first few years of his retirement.
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- History
- Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Presidents
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Biography
- Presidents, united states
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