President Nixon: Alone in the White House

I remember these times but not the reality

I went away to college in 1970 so I remember parts of these times described in this book, but not the reality of what was going on. Why? As this book will tell, much of what went on was kept in secrecy from the public and the data that was released often times was not what was going on or was only part truths. If you are interested in past presidents or the Vietnam war or the era in which Nixon was President, then this is the book for you! It is an easy read and will keep your interest from the first page to the last. This book really tells how we, as a free people, can be so manipulated by our elected officials. Read it. This is a great book.

How Can a US President be so Isolated?

Its almost impossible to believe an american politican, let alone the President of the United States, could be so removed, remote, and isolated from his own staff, the government he leads, and the people of his nation. Yet it is easy to reconcile recollections of Richard Nixon with the scenes depicted in this book. And it is not suprising that Nixon's presidency ended the way it did. I wish the book would have detailed Nixon's final downfall more than it does, while the tale has been told elsewhere, Mr. Reeves' depiction especially in the light of the development of this book, would have been most welcome. This is a fascinating, disturbing book every serious student of the presidency should read and the average reader will be hard pressed to put down.

How Can A Leader of So Many Be So Isolated?

A depiction of Richard Nixon so remote and distant from his own staff and the millions of people he was elected to lead, it is frankly disturbing yet as you read, it is easy to reconcile the author's descriptions with what we saw of President Nixon. It is hard to believe that a person with this kind of remote, distant, isolated personality could become President of the United States, and explains much about why his presidency ended as it did. The only short-coming of the work, is that it really does not trace the last months of the Nixon presidency, when his isolation and remoteness and paranoia became even more profound. This book doesn't really expose anything new, but it explains "Nixon the Man" better than Nixon's own PR machine ever could.

A Story So Bizarre It Could Only Be True

It's wrong to say the American people are fascinated by Nixon but many in the media are, which is one reason there is so many books about him. But Richard Reeves' detailed recounting of the Nixon presidential years has to be best. Reeves is a liberal, he voted for Al Gore, but no political bias intrudes into the bizarre and byzantine tale of Richard Nixon. Ironically, Reeves trained in engineering but he's a better historian than most professors and a better writer than most journalists. An exceptional book.

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