The Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300220200 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gellman's use of primary documents is impressive: there is no question that he has turned up some new evidence. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. . From Publishers Weekly A history professor at Chapman College in Orange, Calif., Gellman, author of a revisionist biography of FDR (Secret Affairs), now turns to Nixon. Always interesting, sometimes downright compelling, this is revisionist biography with a capital R, as Gellman criticizes previous biographers from all parts of the political spectrum. Those who have not might need to do so
A Much-Needed Revision of Nixon's Early Years A well-researched and freshingly honest portrayal of the early Nixon years. Contrary to the tales spun by the later Nixon haters, Nixon ran clean early campaigns, focused on issues and financed through then-conventional avenues. This is a story of a hard-working candidate who used his own meager funds to win, playing well within the campaign rules of the time. His well-run campaigns and courageous efforts to correctly identify Alger Hiss . "The best book on Nixon" according to DW Bise. The best book on Nixon I have ever read. Great local insight into his early political career in Southern California. So well researched.. "Amazing book!" according to Jan Landstrom. Can't say enough for Irv Gellman and the DETAIL he puts into his writings. I hear he has a new one coming out
To document Nixon’s congressional career, Gellman combed the files of Nixon’s 1946, 1948, and 1950 campaigns, papers from the executive sessions of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and every document dated through 1952 at the Richard Nixon Library. For example, there was no secret funding of Nixon’s senate campaign in 1950, and Nixon won universal praise for his evenhandedness as a member of HUAC. Gellman’s exhaustively researched work is the definitive account of Richard Nixon’s rise from political unknown to the verge of achieving the vice-presidency. The first book of a projected five-volume