The Arrogance of Power

The Secret World of Richard Nixon

Author  Anthony Summers
The Arrogance of Power

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,…

$13.99
August 1, 2001
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