Review of “Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913-1962 (Vol 1)” by Stephen Ambrose
Published in 1987, “Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913-1962” is the first volume in Stephen Ambrose’s well-regarded series on …
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Review of “Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician” by Roger Morris
Published in 1990, Roger Morris’s “Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of An American Politician” is the most detailed biography available …
Review of “Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man” by Garry Wills
“Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man” by Garry Wills was published in 1970, about a year after Nixon’s …
Review of “President Nixon: Alone in the White House” by Richard Reeves
“President Nixon: Alone in the White House” by Richard Reeves was published in 2001. Reeves is a former journalist and …
Review of “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America” by Rick Perlstein
Historian and journalist Rick Perlstein’s widely-praised “Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America” was published in …
Review of “Richard Nixon and His America” by Herbert Parmet
Herbert Parmet’s “Richard Nixon and His America” was published in 1990 – four years before Nixon’s death – and is …
Review of “One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream” by Tom Wicker
One of the earliest scholarly studies of Richard Nixon is Tom Wicker’s “One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American …
Review of “Being Nixon: A Man Divided” by Evan Thomas
“Being Nixon: A Man Divided” by Evan Thomas was published in 2015. Thomas was a writer and editor for over …
Review of “Richard Nixon: The Life” by John Farrell
Published in 2017, John Farrell’s “Richard Nixon: The Life” is the most recent comprehensive, single-volume biography of Nixon. Farrell is …
Review of “Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full” by Conrad Black
Conrad Black’s “Richard Nixon: A Life in Full” was published in 2007 and is the longest one-volume Nixon biography in …
Let’s Meet the Mysterious Richard Nixon…
The last two presidents I covered, JFK and LBJ, were nothing if not fascinating. But the next president I’m reading …
The Best Biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson
After spending the past four months with Lyndon Johnson it’s fair to say that I found him to be the …
Review of “The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson” by Joseph Califano, Jr.
“The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson” is Joseph Califano, Jr.’s 1991 memoir based on the three-and-a-half years he spent …
Review of “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream” is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s life of Lyndon Johnson. Published in 1976 (just three years …
It’s the Five-Year Anniversary Post!
Five years have now elapsed since I started reading the first volume in James Flexner’s series on George Washington. Since …
