A review by johndiconsiglio
Richard Nixon: The Life by John A. Farrell

3.0

Which U.S. president rode a populist wave to the White House, declared the press “the enemy” & lived under the constant shadow of investigation? Richard Nixon, of course. (Who were you thinking of?) A highly-readable, if sometimes rushed (even at 700 pages) bio of our most disgraced president (for now). There’s perhaps too much here for one volume. Occasionally, the narrative gets lost in the big picture; you can see the forest just fine, but not always each tree. The big reveal is Nixon’s treasonous sabotaging of the Vietnam peace talks to win the ‘68 election. The parallels never end.