Richard Nixon: Difference between revisions
From charlesreid1
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
= Read = | = Read = | ||
{{PresidentialBooklistReadHeader}} | |||
{{PresidentialBooklistRead | |||
|title=[[Nixonland]] | |||
|author=Richard Perlstein | |||
|opinion=An excellent starting point for reading about Nixon. The primary focus of the book is Nixon, and while it isn't the most comprehensive portrait of Nixon's presidency (particularly Watergate and Nixon's resignation, as the book ends with the 1972 election), it provides a substantial amount of context for the parts of Nixon's presidency that are not covered. | |||
It is a book filled with astounding insights into how the political landscape of the Nixon presidency was shaped, and it is obvious, upon reading, how much of that political landscape still exists today. | |||
The book's most significant virtue is that it covers so many different topics, and provides a truly outstanding portrait of late 1960's/early 1970's America. This ''really'' made a difference in how the events of the Nixon presidency were understood by the reader. | |||
}} | |||
{{PresidentialBooklistReadFooter}} | |||
= Unread = | = Unread = | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 8 March 2011
Read
| Title | Author | Year | Started | Finished | Opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nixonland | Richard Perlstein | An excellent starting point for reading about Nixon. The primary focus of the book is Nixon, and while it isn't the most comprehensive portrait of Nixon's presidency (particularly Watergate and Nixon's resignation, as the book ends with the 1972 election), it provides a substantial amount of context for the parts of Nixon's presidency that are not covered.
It is a book filled with astounding insights into how the political landscape of the Nixon presidency was shaped, and it is obvious, upon reading, how much of that political landscape still exists today. The book's most significant virtue is that it covers so many different topics, and provides a truly outstanding portrait of late 1960's/early 1970's America. This really made a difference in how the events of the Nixon presidency were understood by the reader. |
Unread
| Title | Author | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon | Stanley Kutler | 1990 | Marriott Library LVL 2 (E860 .K87 1990 ) |
| Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes | Stanley Kutler | 1997 | Marriott Library LVL 2 (E860 .A26 1997 ) |
| The Final Days | Boob Woodward, Carl Bernstein | 1976 | Follow-up to All The President's Men |