A review by davidsteinsaltz
Being Nixon: A Man Divided by Evan Thomas

4.0

Powerfully makes the case for a tragic Nixon -- a man of enormous intellectual gifts that could have served his country well, well-intentioned but undone by his flawed character. Not entirely convincing -- at times I felt like I was watching a magic show, where my attention was being distracted from the real malfeasance -- but a useful corrective to the one-dimensional reduction of the man to Watergate.