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Nixon Volume #2: The Triumph of a Politician 1962-1972

by Stephen E. Ambrose · 1987

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This book is about one of the most complex and puzzling of our chief executives at the apogee of his career—rebounding from defeat to an innovative, high-risk presidency, already sowing the seeds of his ruin. Illustrated.

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adult
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epic · 736 pages

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