The Arrogance of Power (ePub)
The Secret World of Richard Nixon
(Sprache: Englisch)
The controversial New York Times-bestselling biography of America's most infamous president written by a master of investigative political reporting.
Anthony Summers's towering biography of Richard Nixon reveals a tormented figure whose criminal...
Anthony Summers's towering biography of Richard Nixon reveals a tormented figure whose criminal...
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The controversial New York Times-bestselling biography of America's most infamous president written by a master of investigative political reporting.
Anthony Summers's towering biography of Richard Nixon reveals a tormented figure whose criminal behavior did not begin with Watergate. Drawing on more than a thousand interviews and five years of research, Summers traces Nixon's entire career, revealing a man driven by addiction to power and intrigue. His subversion of democracy during Watergate was the culmination of years of cynical political manipulation. Evidence suggests the former president had problems with alcohol and prescription drugs, was mentally unstable, and was abusive to his wife, Pat. Summers discloses previously unrevealed facts about Nixon's role in the plots against Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende, his sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks in 1968, and his acceptance of funds from dubious sources. The Arrogance of Power shows how the actions of one tormented man influenced 50 years of American history, in ways still reverberating today.
"Summers has done an enormous service. . . . The inescapable conclusion, well body-guarded by meticulous research and footnotes, is that in the Nixon era the United States was in essence a 'rogue state.' It had a ruthless, paranoid and unstable leader who did not hesitate to break the laws of his own country."-Christopher Hitchens, The New York Times Book Review
"A superbly researched and documented account-the last word on this dark and devious man."-Paul Theroux
Anthony Summers's towering biography of Richard Nixon reveals a tormented figure whose criminal behavior did not begin with Watergate. Drawing on more than a thousand interviews and five years of research, Summers traces Nixon's entire career, revealing a man driven by addiction to power and intrigue. His subversion of democracy during Watergate was the culmination of years of cynical political manipulation. Evidence suggests the former president had problems with alcohol and prescription drugs, was mentally unstable, and was abusive to his wife, Pat. Summers discloses previously unrevealed facts about Nixon's role in the plots against Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende, his sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks in 1968, and his acceptance of funds from dubious sources. The Arrogance of Power shows how the actions of one tormented man influenced 50 years of American history, in ways still reverberating today.
"Summers has done an enormous service. . . . The inescapable conclusion, well body-guarded by meticulous research and footnotes, is that in the Nixon era the United States was in essence a 'rogue state.' It had a ruthless, paranoid and unstable leader who did not hesitate to break the laws of his own country."-Christopher Hitchens, The New York Times Book Review
"A superbly researched and documented account-the last word on this dark and devious man."-Paul Theroux
Autoren-Porträt von Anthony Summers
Anthony Summers is the author of several bestselling nonfiction books. After leaving Oxford University, he worked in television, becoming a senior journalist for the BBC's flagship current-affairs program. He covered the United States, the Middle East, and the Vietnam War. His books have included biographies of President Richard Nixon and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Anthony Summers
- 2001, 656 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
- ISBN-10: 1101199482
- ISBN-13: 9781101199480
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2001
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