A review by milo10000
Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man by Garry Wills

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Wills takes the broad view of Nixon in this book, tracing his personal and political influences from his childhood to his post-Vice Presidency in the 60s, campaigning for governor of California. He also takes the broad view on liberalism, making his point that Nixon is a liberal through sections examining the many markets classical liberalism forces upon us and Nixon's navigation and faith in them.

I found this book informative and well-written (the prose is surprisingly good for such a long non-fiction book) but it's still dry at times.