RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON: THE INVINCIBLE QUEST
Written by Conrad Black
Published by Quercus
in 2007
ISBN: 184724209X
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- BIOGRAPHY
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- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
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RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON: THE INVINCIBLE QUEST
Written by Conrad Black.
Stock no. 1330830
1st.
2007.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A thrilling and masterly re-appraisal of the most controversial president in US history. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w photos. 1152 pages (including index). ISBN: 184724209X. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower edges of front endpapers, also affecting the lower edges of the prelims and the lower edge of the textblock. Textblock is lightly fingered, top edge is grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- PART I THE METEORIC RISE: 1913-1953
- 1. One of the Common People: 1913-1945
- 2. Into the Arena: 1945-1950
- 3. Vertical Ascent: 1950-1952
- 4. The Travails of the Fox: 1952-1953
- PART II THE ORDEAL OF AMBITION: 1953-1968
- 5. The Chief Apprentice: 1953-1956
- 6. The Regent and the Striver: 1956-1959
- 7. Defeat and Endurance: 1959-1963
- 8. The Triumph of Survival: 1963-1968
- PART III THE PURSUIT OF PEACE: 1968-1972
- 9. Tumult and Victory: 1968-1969
- 10. The Silent Majority: 1969-1970
- 11. Calming the Nation: 1970-1971
- 12. Waging Peace: 1971-1972
- PART IV THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN AND MYTH: 1972-
- 13. The Pinnacle: 1972
- 14. The Precipice: 1972-1973
- 15. The Inferno: 1973-1974
- 16. The Transfiguration:1974-1994
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index