Nixon: Part I

⭐ Featured Review

"The impression you get from these episodes is that of a man from modest circumstances, born in a small California town, who rose to political prominence and finally the presidency, not by charm or the exercise of interactional social skills, but by resilience, an ability to see several steps ahead in the chess game, and a deep need for achievement. Like Hemingway's frozen carcass of a leopard near the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, no one has explained exactly what Nixon was seeking at that altitude. He was raised as a Quaker and remained one all his life, and Quakers simply don't strive..."