One man against the world the tragedy of Richard Nixon
Tim Weiner paints a devastating portrait of a tortured yet brilliant man who led the country largely according to a deep-seated insecurity and distrust of not only his cabinet and congress, but the American population at large. In riveting, tick-tock prose, Weiner illuminates how the Vietnam War and...
| Main Author: | Weiner, Tim (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Graham, Holter (Narrator) |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Macmillan Audio,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
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Table of Contents:
- "A great, bad man"
- "This is treason"
- "He was surrounded by enemies"
- "He will let them know who is boss around here"
- "The center cannot hold"
- "Madman"
- "Don't strike a king unless you intend to kill him"
- "A pitiful, helpless giant"
- "An unmitigated disaster"
- "Only we have the power"
- "We're not going to lose this war"
- "It's a conspiracy"
- "I can see the whole thing unravel"
- "It is illegal, but ..."
- "Night and fog"
- "From one extreme to another"
- "This is the supreme test"
- "Palace intrigue"
- "We have produced a horrible tragedy"
- "A hell of a way to end the goddamn war"
- "You could get a million dollars"
- "Vietnam had found its successor"
- "The President of the United States can never admit that"
- "The same enemies"
- United States v. Richard Milhous Nixon.