One of Us (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Tom Wicker
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Biography and political history
- Time of Work: 1913-1991
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Richard M. Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: Civil rights, Communism or communists, Politics, Psychology or psychologists, War, Elections, Ambition, Soviet Union or Soviets, Watergate Affair, Diplomacy or diplomats, Impeachments
- Locales: United States
Perhaps the life of Richard Nixon is best viewed not as that of an individual but in terms of a dynasty, some historical chronicle of an entire family, similar to a Greek tragedy: “The Rise and Fall of the House of Nixon.” The comparison is intended to be factual, not fanciful, for throughout his long and controversial career, Richard Nixon reinvented and resurrected his public persona many times. After each crushing, seemingly final defeat or disgrace—the Alger Hiss imbroglio, the “secret fund” scandal and the Checkers speech, the loss to Kennedy in 1960, the “final press...
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