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What wills showed instead was that nixon was the embodiment, the culmination, of the conventional categories and. It is uncanny in the way it a foreshadows nixons selfdestructive impulses. Surveying the political landscape in 1968, leading conservatives such as william f. The crisis of the selfmade man ebook written by garry wills. Arguing that nixon was a reflection of the country that elected him, wills examines not only the psychology of the man himself and his relationships with othersfrom his wife, pat, to his vicepresident, spiro agnewbut also the state of the nation at the time, mired in the vietnam war and experiencing a cultural rift that pitted the young. The crisis of the selfmade man 1 by wills, garry isbn. A wide ranging study of richard nixon the man, the career, and the times that shaped both the man and the career. The crisis of the selfmade man 1970 540 robert westbrook.
Nixon agonistes captures a troubled leader and a struggling nation mired. The book was published in 1987, but it really ends with the war against grenada in 1983, saying virtually nothing about reagans presidency. Wills is a journalist, former professor of history and classics and a prolific author. Garry wills, a distinguished historian and critic, is the author of numerous books, including the pulitzer prizewinning lincoln at gettysburg, saint augustine. Nixon as the last liberal by john leonard nixon agonistes. The crisis of the selfmade man by garry wills was published in 1970, about a year after nixon s inauguration as president. Nixon, richard milhous us house of representatives. Many critics saw the book as a criticism not only of nixon read more.
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All the presidents men 1974 woodward, bob and carl bernstein. Buckley and frank meyer concluded that supporting nixon afforded their. By considering some of the presidents opinions, wills comes to. Both entertaining and essential, nixon agonistes captures a troubled leader and a struggling nation mired in a foolish asian war, forfeiting the loyalty of its youth. The crisis of the selfmade man 1969 woodward, bob and carl bernstein.
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