Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage PDF
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JEFFREY FRANK Portrait of a Strange Political 1 ~\ /W 9 $30.00 REGULAR PRICE PIOW ELL'S PRICE i-h U.S. $30.00 Can. $34.99 D wight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon had a political and private relationship that lasted nearly twenty years, a tie that survived hurtful slights, tense misunderstandings, and the distance between them in age and temperament. Yet the two men brought out the best and worst in each other, and their association had important consequences for their respective presidencies. In Ike and Dick, Jeffrey Frank rediscovers these two compelling figures with the sensitivity of a novelist and the discipline of a historian. He offers a fresh view of the younger Nixon as a striving tactician, as well as the ever more perplexing person that he became. He portrays Eisenhower, the legendary soldier, as a cold, even vain man with a warm smile whose sound instincts about war and peace far outpaced his under¬ standing of the changes occurring in his own country. Eisenhower and Nixon shared striking characteris¬ tics: high intelligence, cunning, and an aversion to confrontation, especially with each other. Ike and Dick, informed by dozens of interviews and deep archival research, traces the path of their relationship in a dangerous world of recurring crises as Nixons ambi¬ tions grew and Eisenhower was struck by a series of debilitating illnesses. And, as the 1968 election cycle approached and the war in Vietnam roiled the coun¬ try, it shows why Eisenhower, mortally ill and despite his doubts, supported Nixon s final attempt to win the | White House, a change influenced by a family matter: his grandson Davids courtship of Nixons daughter Julie—teenagers in love who understood the political stakes of their union. r I Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/ikedickportraitoOOOOfran « ALSO BY JEFFREY FRANK The Columnist Bud Publicity Trudy Hopedale The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen (translator, with Diana Crone Frank) DICK Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage Jeffrey Frank SIMON & SCHUSTER NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY NEW DELHI Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Copyright © 2013 by Jeffrey Frank All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Simon & Schuster Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition February 2013 SIMON & SCHUSTER and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Foi information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-306-1949 or [email protected]. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. Designed by Akasha Archer Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Frank, Jeffrey Ike and dick : portrait of a strange political marriage / Jeffrey Frank, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Miitut ma-mf' 3' MlcDavid)’A90-'969- 2- N,xon-RkWd M- (Richard 3- United States—Politics and government—1945-1989. 4. Presidents—United States—Biography. I Title E836.F73 2013 7 * 973.921092—dc23 [B] 2012015138 ISBN 978-1-4165-8701-9 ISBN 978-1-4165-8820-7 (ebook) For Vibeke Elise Frank, her parents, and, as always, Diana
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