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Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image

Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image

Greenberg, David

Paperback

Presidents & Heads of State20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0393326160
ISBN13: 9780393326161
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Oct 1 2004
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.08
Height: 1.21 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.26
Language: English
To his conservative supporters in 1940s southern California, Richard Nixon was a populist everyman; to liberal intellectuals of the 1950s, he was Tricky Dick, a devious manipulator; to 1960s radicals, a shadowy conspirator; to the Washington press corps, a pioneering spin doctor; to his loyal Middle Americans, a victim of liberal hatred; to recent historians, an unlikely liberal. Nixon's Shadow rediscovers these competing images of the protean Nixon, showing how each was created and disseminated in American culture and how Nixon's tinkering with his own image often backfired. During Nixon's long tenure on the national stage--and through the succession of new Nixons so brilliantly described here--Americans came to realize how thoroughly politics relies on manipulation. Since Nixon, it has become impossible to discuss politics without asking: What is the politician's real character? How authentic or inauthentic is he? What image is he trying to project? More than what Nixon did, this fascinating book reveals what Nixon meant.

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