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Six crises

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For many years before he became president, Richard Nixon's decisions vitally affected the well-being of the nation. Six of those decisions significantly shaped the man who would later become the thirty-seventh president of the United States. Six Crises is a close-up look at this dynamic man, recalling the demands placed up him, the thinking behind his decisions, and the pressures of political life. A best-seller when first published in 1962, it examines the turning points of Nixon's early public career - from the Hiss case to the Checkers speech to the kitchen debate with Khrushchev and the presidential campaign against Kennedy in 1960. It provides a remarkable self-portrait of Nixon as congressman, senator, and vice-president, as well as a compelling window on history.
Type
Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date
1962.
Call number
654850
Creator
Nixon, Richard M (1913-1994)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Roger S. Hong, June 2006. From the Hong family library.
Dimensions
19 cm
Associated people
Hong, You Chung, (1898-1977,)
Hong, Mabel, (1907-1998,)
Hong, Roger S., (1941-2006,)
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