Richard M. Nixon: a life in full

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The acclaimed biographer of Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes on Richard Nixon in the first full biography in a generation, bringing a unique perspective to the life and politics of one of America's most controversial public figures.;The meteoric rise : 1913-1953 -- One of the common people : 1913-1945 -- Into the arena : 1945-1950 -- Vertical ascent : 1950-1952 -- The travails of the fox : 1952-1953 -- The ordeal of ambition : 1953-1968 -- The chief apprentice : 1953-1956 -- The regent and the striver : 1956-1959 -- Defeat and endurance : 1959-1963 -- The triumph of survival : 1963-1968 -- The pursuit of peace : 1968-1972 -- Tumult and victory : 1968-1969 -- The silent majority : 1969-1970 -- Calming the nation : 1970-1971 -- Waging peace : 1971-1972 -- The indestructible man and myth : 1972- -- The pinnacle : 1972 -- The precipice : 1972-1973 -- The inferno : 1973-1974 -- The transfiguration : 1974-1994.