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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By FictionFan
Evan Thomas tells us in his introduction that he is not attempting to “weigh the success and failure of Nixon as a policy maker” or to solve the “many mysteries” of Watergate. Instead, his aim is to understand Nixon as a person or, as he puts it, “to understand what it was like to actually be Nixon.” The book is very well written in a style that makes it accessible to the general reader. It's a linear biography that follows its subject from birth to death, and is well balanced in that the bulk of it concentrates on Nixon's political career, with just enough of the before and after to shed light on Nixon's character.Thomas shows the child Nixon as a high achiever at school, despite being naturally shy. His background was one of hardship, though not poverty, which prevented him from attending one of the Ivy League colleges. This meant that after graduation he wasn't able to get into the top law firms, and Thomas suggests that this left him with a lifelong chip on his shoulder, always declaring he wouldn't have Ivy League graduates working for him, though in fact he put many of them into top jobs. This small example in itself shows a trait that is repeated again and again throughout his life – a disconnect between what he said and how he acted. Even at this young age, Nixon is shown as pompous and humourless, and something of a loner. Despite his Quaker background, when America entered WW2 he joined the Army, though he was never directly involved in the fighting.His introduction to political campaigning came after the war when he was invited to stand for Congress in California. Dirty tricks were rife and accepted as pretty much the norm by all sides. Again this is something Thomas emphasises all the way through, that dirty campaigns were not unusual and that each side expected the other side to be as devious as they were.In recounting Nixon's pre-Presidential political career, Thomas highlights most those features that he feels shed some light on Nixon's personality, character and political beliefs. Politically, even at this early stage Nixon's interests lay more in foreign than domestic affairs. He made his name by going after Alger Hiss on behalf of the House Un-American Activities Committee, refusing to give up until he achieved success. Thomas suggests this experience was important in forming Nixon's approach to politics in general – at times when he faced difficulties he often referred back to the Hiss affair as a way of insisting that his tactics were the way to get results. He also served on the committee that pushed through the Marshall Plan and was genuinely fearful of the communist threat to a destroyed and poverty-ridden Europe. Later, when serving as Vice-President, Eisenhower would use him as a kind of travelling diplomat, in which role he had some significant successes. At home, he was used as Ike's attack dog against his political opponents. Reviled by the Press and despised by the social and political elite because, Thomas suggests, of his comparatively humble background and lack of social savoir-faire, Nixon nonetheless had the common touch, and when Ike considered dropping him as running mate in '56, it was popular pressure that kept him on the ticket.In the '60 election, Thomas suggests that the Kennedy camp ran a huge dirty tricks campaign, pretty much buying JFK's way in to the Presidency with blatant bribes and backhanders. I have no way of knowing how accurate that is, but given that underhand and devious methods seem to have been the norm on both sides, it doesn't sound unbelievable. However at this point for the first time Thomas gave me the impression that he was being too soft on Nixon, building excuses for his later behaviour. He suggests Nixon vowed after this never to be beaten in the matter of dirty tricks again.Once the book reaches the stage of Nixon's Presidency, Thomas provides a believable picture of a rather isolated President, not personally close even to the people who worked most directly with him. The concentration on Nixon's personality leaves the book a little light on actual policy matters, I felt, assuming a familiarity with events that some non-American readers and even perhaps younger US readers might not have. But I thought Thomas gave a really good picture of the social unrest of the late '60s and of how Nixon reacted to the ongoing questions of race, social liberalisation and, of course, Vietnam.Thomas delves into the background and events of Watergate in some detail, and I was left with the impression that it was a combination of paranoia and the belief that as President he was untouchable that led Nixon to become so heavily implicated. He also is shown to have had a kind of mistaken loyalty, or perhaps it was just weakness, that prevented him from getting rid of people as they fell under suspicion. Though he was clearly responsible for setting the tone that led to the prevalence of dirty tricks within his office, he probably wasn't aware of the actual Watergate affair in advance, so could probably have escaped the worst of the scandal had he been more decisive and brutal about sacking people at an earlier stage.Thomas finishes with a look at Nixon's life after the Presidency, when he gradually became a kind of elder statesman, giving advice to a succession of Presidents.If Thomas' portrayal is accurate, then it all seems like a rather sad waste of a man who clearly had great talent and intellect, but whose personality weaknesses took him along a path that led to his own downfall. If there was really as much corruption in politics as Thomas suggests, then one can't help feeling that Nixon was merely the one who got caught. Though it seemed that just occasionally Thomas went a little easy on him, I felt overall that this was a fairly balanced account and certainly provided a credible portrait of Nixon's complex character. An interesting biography.NB This book was provided for review by the publisher, Random House.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
By Graham of Watton
Not only was Richard Nixon one of America's most intelligent and hard-working presidents, he was probably also one of the most complicated characters to fill that office. The subtitle to this biography, 'A Man Divided', accurately describes Nixon, who also has the ability to sharply divide opinion on whether he should be admired despite his flaws, or loathed because of them, despite his obvious achievements. In 'Being Nixon', Evan Thomas is commendably objective in his detailed and fair assessment of the man, his early life and the his political triumphs and failures. In his triumphs Nixon reached extreme heights - in particular his visit to Communist China, the commencement of arms reduction talks with USSR and the extent of his majority when re-elected for a second term. However, within months of his re-election he was confronted by the Watergate scandal, and the appalling way he dealt with this was to cost him the presidency, as well as his reputation. Nixon may have done great things, but his character flaws were such that it is difficult to conclude that he was a great man. Nevertheless, by the time I finished reading this book I had a new admiration for him.'Being Nixon' is a magnificent biography - well-researched, fascinating to read and thoroughly thought-provoking.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
By R Helen
This book started slowly but really picked up once it reached the Watergate scandal. Evan Thomas is not a great literary writer by any means, but the story is interesting and Nixon is, strangley enough, a sympathetic character. Nixon was a politician, after all. It's just that he got caught at it. His predecessors did the same, if not worse. (I mean the Kennedy's were experts at dirty tricks). I actually found myself rooting for him. He wasn't such a bad President and actually, if it hadn't been for Watergate, probably would have been one of the better ones. I think his reputation is being somewhat rehabilitated. That said, Nixon did do some unsavory political business (like sabotaging the peace talks with North Vietnam to clinch the Presidency). Evans is somewhat partial to Nixon and so does sort of explain away a lot of his personality faults, but I enjoyed this book and would definietly recommend.
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