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Copyright © 2015 by Evan Thomas
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
RANDOM HOUSE and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Rockefeller Archive Center for permission to reprint excerpts from the diaries of Kenneth Riland from the Kenneth Riland Collection, Diaries, Boxes 1 and 2 housed at the Rockefeller Archive Center.
Used by permission.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thomas, Evan.
Being Nixon : a man divided / Evan Thomas.
pages   cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8129-9536-7
eBook ISBN 978-0-8129-9537-4
1. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913–1994. 2. Presidents—United States—Biography. 3. United States—Politics and government—1969–1974. I. Title.
E856.T48 2015
973.924092—dc23
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2015009669
eBook ISBN 9780812995374
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Contents
Cover
Title page
Copyright
Introduction: The Fatalistic Optimist
PART ONE: THE STRIVER
CHAPTER 1       Lives of Great Men Remind Us
CHAPTER 2       Pat and Dick
CHAPTER 3       The Greenest Congressman
CHAPTER 4       Rock ’Em, Sock ’Em
CHAPTER 5       Checkers
CHAPTER 6       “El Gringo Tiene Cojones”
CHAPTER 7       Jack
CHAPTER 8       Over the Wall We Go
CHAPTER 9       The New Nixon
CHAPTER 10     October Surprise
PART TWO: AT THE MOUNTAINTOP
CHAPTER 11     “He Loves Being P!”
CHAPTER 12     Statesman and Madman
CHAPTER 13     “Need for Joy”
CHAPTER 14     Silent Majority
CHAPTER 15     The Moviegoer
CHAPTER 16     Hippies and Hardhats
CHAPTER 17     Department of Dirty Tricks
CHAPTER 18     Father of the Bride
CHAPTER 19     “Blow the Safe”
PART THREE: THE FALL
CHAPTER 20     Big Plays
CHAPTER 21     Speak Quietly
CHAPTER 22     Triumph and Tragedy
CHAPTER 23     “An Exciting Prospect”
CHAPTER 24     Peace at Last
CHAPTER 25     Ides of March
CHAPTER 26     Praying Not to Wake Up
CHAPTER 27     The Saturday Night Massacre
CHAPTER 28     “I Hope I Haven’t Let You Down”
CHAPTER 29     “Richard! Wake Up!”
CHAPTER 30     Elder Statesman
Epilogue: Rise Again
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
By Evan Thomas
About the Author
Introduction
THE FATALISTIC OPTIMIST
Richard Nixon loved the movies. His favorite, contrary to myth, was not Patton, ............

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