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 …
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 Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 4)” by Robert Caro
“The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the fourth (and most recently published) volume in Robert Caro’s …
Review of “Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 3)” by Robert Caro
“Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the Pulitzer Prize-winning third volume in Robert Caro’s series covering …
Review of “Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 2)” by Robert Caro
“Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the second volume in Robert Caro’s series covering the life of …
Review of “The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Vol 1)” by Robert Caro
“The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the first volume in Robert Caro’s epic series covering the …
