Tricky Dick: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Richard M. Nixon (Previously published as Nixon’s Secrets)
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (614 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MU5YHUJ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fascinating Story; Horrible Editing Since 136 other folks have reviewed the book there is little more to add. But, that being said let me emphasize what others have concluded in short form. First the editing errors in the book are common to the point of being irritating. Sentences are repeated on the same page, percentages are incorrect, and even spelling errors are frequent. By the time I got to page 166 I lost my cool.Too bad because the book has a treasure trove of insider information, e.g. Kennedy taking shots of meth prior to the first debate to look more engaged and animated. The ties of both Kennedy and Nixon to the mob and both getting large co. History told in a readable style. Another great book by Roger Stone. I don't care for Nixon, but I wanted to read what happened before, after and during Watergate. Stone tells the story of Nixon with details that make him human.I lived through those years but didn't pay much attention to politics. I thought that politics is a nasty business, with lies being told more often than the truth. The story told in this book reaffirms my opinion about politics being dirty and nasty but I recognize how politics shapes the life of everyone in the country.Since I now recognize the importance of who is in office, and wanted a brush up on the facts of the past, I . "The FIVE STAR Gold Standard of Nixon Books" according to Phillip F. Nelson. The long-lost truths of Richard Nixon are told as only someone with close and intimate connections to him and those around him could possibly write about. Roger Stone is uniquely qualified to write such an extensive insider's account of Nixon's long political history, including details of how the Kennedys and Johnson managed to steal the 1960 election, especially in the key states of Illinois and Texas. The book is filled with rich details of backroom deals and the vivid context -- the hows and whys -- of historic mistakes, such as Nixon's strategic error in promising to campaign in every state during the course of t
He charts Nixon’s rise from election to Congress on to his devastating losses in the White House run in 1960 and the California governor campaign in 1962, to the greatest comeback in American presidential history. Why FBI man Mark Felt is not Deep Throat, why there is no Deep Throat, and why Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein lie about it even today.This paperback edition features new information, including an explosive new chapter about how Judge John Sirica and two Watergate special prosecutors and their staffs violated the law and their judicial canon of ethics to railroad Nixon and his men, as a result denying them the fair trial the Constitution guarantees.. Stone reveals: How the Kennedys wiretapped Nixon’s hotel room the night before the Nixon-Kennedy debate and stole Nixon’s medical records from his psychiatrist&r
Stone makes it clear that he hasn't written a sanitized version of Nixon's political life, 'nor is it an attempt to rehabilitate his reputation. Above all else, the book sets the record straight in relation to the prevarications of John Dean, as when he called Dean's book (misnamed The Nixon Defense) 'an all-out attack on President Nixon.' It's far more accurate to see the book as Dean's defense, his last and best effort to paint a picture of how an innocent young lawyer suddenly and unexpectedly found himself in the midst of a cabal of evil-doers--and how he alone struggled to do the right thingDo not be put off by the reviews that complain of poor editing; there are a few redundancies and a misspelling or grammar error here and there but to state that these discredit the book is such overkill tha