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“Reeves [is—] aresearcherofhighstandardsandawriterwhose paragraphscan read likedelicacies It’shardtothinkofabetterintroduction to [Nixon] and hisDresidenrv” -RICKPERLSTEIN,TheNewYorkTimesBookReview.P PRESIDENT ALONE THE WHITE HOUSE IN ^ ^ H ARD C RI EVE RE S AUTHOR OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY Digitized by the Internet Archive 2016 in https://archive.org/details/presidentnixonOOrich Praise for President Nixon “Those who feel they can’t bear to read another word about perhaps the most peculiar man ever to occupy the White House should think again. Richard Reeves sifted mountains of evidence in an attempt to get inside the President’s skin. This approach works wonders. Nixon haters will still hate him, butthey and less-partisan readers will come away from the book feeling they have lived a portion ofNixon’s life.” — Time magazine, voted #5 on Best of2001 list “Dick Reeves has found new lodes of information to mine in the end- lessly fascinating character and behavior of Richard Nixon. New infor- mation, newly interpreted with great insight.” — Ben Bradlee, author ofA Good Life “Fascinating ... I thought I knew everything there was to know or all I needed to know about Richard Nixon and I’ve learned stuff from this ? book. ... A terrific read.” — Bob Schieffer, Pace the Nation “An intimate and gripping portrait. Richard Nixon’s brain was a man- sion with dark chambers and twisted halls. Reeves leads us through all of them. He is unrelenting but also symp—athetic and humane.” David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise “Remarkable Mr. Reeves, with hisgiftforcandor and piquancy, takes . . . advantage of the huge repository of material pertaining to Richard Nixon’s presidency.” — William F. BuckleyJr., National Review “Successful [and] solid using some good new sources. Reeves’s narra- . . . tive structure also works well for a president who tried so hard to pull every string from behind his desk. Holding the reader in that office, al- ways seeing the world through the lens of a withdrawn, insecure presi- dent, Reeves depicts an atmosphere of constant manipulation and deception.” — Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs “Intelligent, heavily researched, and well-written. Reeves demon- . . . strates no inclinations for pussyfooting. This guy is a major-league re- porter and he left very little on the cutting room floor. His is an authoritative, close-up view ofa desperately introverted, sometimes bril- liant man whose ambitions often were way beyond his skills. There is no fawning here. ... A great read about a controversial, complex, insecure, tormented man.” — Jerry Gladman, The Toronto Sun IIMIMMII i I Also byRichard Reeves President Kennedy: Profile ofPower Running in Place: How Bill Clinton DisappointedAmerica The Reagan Detour ' What the People Know: Freedom and the Press Passage to Pehsawar: Pakistan Between the Hindu Kush and theArabian Sea AmericanJourney: Traveling with Tocqueville in Search ofDemocracy in America Jet Lag: The Running Commentary ofa Bicoastal Reporter Convention Old Faces of1976 A Ford Nota Lincoln , RICHARD REEVES PRESIDENT NIXON Alone White House the in TOUCHSTONE BOOK A PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore This book is for my father, the Honorable Furman W. Reeves TOUCHSTONE RockefellerCenter 1230AvenueoftheAmericas NewYork,NY10020 Copyright©2001 byReeves-O’Neill,Inc. Allrightsreserved, includingtherightofreproduction inwholeorinpartinanyform. FirstTouchstoneEdition2002 TOUCHSTONEandcolophonare & registeredtrademarksofSimon Schuster,Inc. Forinformationaboutspecialdiscountsforbulk & purchases,pleasecontactSimon SchusterSpecial [email protected] Pictureresearchandediting: & AlexandraTruitt JerryMarshall, www.pictureresearching.com Manufacturedinthe UnitedStatesofAmerica 987654321 10 & TheLibraryofCongresshascatalogedtheSimon Schustereditionasfollows: Reeves,Richard. PresidentNixon:aloneintheWhiteHouse/ RichardReeves p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1. Nixon, RichardM.—(RichardMilhou—s), 1913-94 2. Presidents Uni—tedStates Biography. —3. UnitedStates Politicsand government 1969-1974. I. Title. E856.R44 —2001 973.924'092 dc21 2001034417 [B] ISBN0-684-80231-7 0-7432-2719-0(Pbk)
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