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Monica Crowley served as a personal assistant to former president Richard M. Nixon from July 1990 until his death in April 1994. This remarkable story of his final public and private years is based on full reconstructions of the conversations she had with him at the time.Â
Nixon in Winter puts the listener behind the scenes with the former president, allowing a unique glimpse into his life as elder statesman and private citizen. It is filled with dramatic revelations about Nixon's influential role on the world stage, his hardheaded views on the end of the Cold War, his powerful inside role during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, his poignant thoughts on the legacy of Vietnam, and his frustrations with being out of power.Â
With astonishing candor, Nixon also shares his final startling thoughts on Watergate. Above all, he reveals a more private self than ever before as he struggles to deal with aging and the only force that could ultimately destroy him death.
Download Nixon in Winter His Final Revelations About Diplomacy Watergate and Life out of the Arena Audible Audio Edition Monica Crowley Cedar House Audio Anna Fields Inc Blackstone Audio Books
"Written from a deep personal relationship, yet at the same time impartial to the man. Crowley has a way to get across Nixon's personality and ideas in ways that allow the reader to see the real man and intelligence in a conflicted man. Nixon stands heads and shoulders above our politicians today in insight and intelligence. Very well written by a closed aide."
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Nixon in Winter His Final Revelations About Diplomacy Watergate and Life out of the Arena Audible Audio Edition Monica Crowley Cedar House Audio Anna Fields Inc Blackstone Audio Books Reviews
- Monica Crowley has written a gem of a book detailing aspects of the last four years of Richard Nixon's life. Born in 1968, the year of RN's first presidential victory, the young author served as foreign policy assistant to the 37th president during those last years,1990-4. What strikes the reader is the fact that Nixon was always the man in the arena. Although he resigned the presidency in 1974 RN continued to be a significant influence in foreign policy due to the sagacious advice he gave to his successors, both in public speeches, articles and books as well as in private briefings and memorandums.To use a showjumping analogy, he may no longer have been the man in the saddle, after 1974, but he was still in the arena constructing the course and putting a few others over the jumps! This is also a book about books. Nixon was a prolific author and Crowley worked on his last two books, 'Seize the Moment' and 'Beyond Peace,'. The author outlines the energy and passion of RN in his preparation of these publications.. Crowley divides her book into neat compartments. Thus, under the heading Nixon and the World, there are chapters on the end of the Cold War, China, the Gulf War and the legacy of Vietnam.There is also interesting chapters under Scandal and Reflections. The Nixon- haters will hate this book because it does not portray RN as the Devil, a fascist, evil or any other of the highly biased descriptions that this highly intelligent man and political strategist had to constantly endure throughout his political life. However, neither has Crowley simply written a puff-job on her former boss. She shows Nixon railing against his old enemies-Democrats, liberals, the media and even his own Republican side but there is also humour in RN's outbursts that frequently had me chuckling.Indeed, even though I work in the Australian media, it is hard not to sympathise with some of Nixon's allegations of continual media bias that he considered dated back to the Hiss affair. Above all Crowley has produced a lively read of America's GOP, (grand old pol), in the winter of his life, that allows the reader to make their own decisions on this complex political figure-surely a refreshing change from the ravings of some writers who attempt to reduce Nixon to the same level as themselves. In doing so, and in using an insider's knowledge of the man, Ms Crowley has provided much winter warmth.
- I have been fascinated with the life of Richard Nixon ever since we visited his library and birthplace. Although Mr. Nixon is the only American president to resign from that high office, he just may have been our country's greatest statesman. This is the second book about the president written by Monica Crowley. Her observations of the man continue to amaze me. Nixon was many things, including very funny at times. But above all, he worked hard after leaving the White House to attain redemption. He was truly an exceptional man.
- When I read that MSNBC was going to have Monica Crowley co-host a show with Ronald Reagan several months ago, I did a Google search and was pleased (and surprised) to see that she had actually wrote a follow-up to her first (and brief) book about her experiences as an aid to Richard Nixon in the years leading up to his death. This book is rather lengthy but in a good way since it offers a generous, nuanced look at our 37th President.
My guess is that Nixon would not have approved of all that Ms. Crowley writes about although Ms. Crowley rationalizes that Nixon must have known that she would write about her experiences with him.
Crowley's Nixon seems obsessed with justifying most of the decisions and actions that he took in his political career, especially the Presidential years. While we will never know for sure, Ms. Crowley does seem very successful in capturing the parts of Nixon that we never saw in public especially his "obsession" with improving his presidential legacy.
What I found particularly interesting--and worth the read alone--is Nixon's continued belief, right up until he died,that he was absolutely right to continue U.S. involvement in Vietnam for the first four years of his presidency. Nixon shows continued contempt (even in the 1990s) for those who chose not to serve in this cause (with special hostility for President Bill Clinton, whose victory over the first George Bush personally affronts him). Nixon also had plenty of contempt for the Congress for not allowing President Ford to "save" the cause in 1975 when North Vietnam would finally prevail.
I'm not sure that even Ms. Crowley is aware of how successful she is in putting the reader through long bouts of pain for those of us who lived through the sixties and early seventies with her vivid description of Nixon's reflections of how he wanted to prevail over the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong in South Vietnam in spite of the fact that this longest war in our history was tearing much of our country apart.
In fact, Ms. Crowley suggests that Mr. Nixon--even with hindsight--would unfortunately fight the Vietnam War in exactly the same way even though almost 20,000 more men died in a losing cause under "his watch"--most of whom were draftees.
So, if your politics need a passion fix--or if the old Nixon hostility has left you and you think you want it back--consider reading this old chestnut of a book and I promise you that you will get your political currents rejuvenated and approach today's current events with much more vigor and perception. - Written from a deep personal relationship, yet at the same time impartial to the man. Crowley has a way to get across Nixon's personality and ideas in ways that allow the reader to see the real man and intelligence in a conflicted man. Nixon stands heads and shoulders above our politicians today in insight and intelligence. Very well written by a closed aide.
- For all his faults, Richard Nixon remains a fascinating study. I have read many books on Mr. Nixon, and this one, in addition to being well-written, is the only one that details the behind the scenes story of his final years and abrubt death. This book remains a valuable addition to the Nixon story and even 20 years after his death, I have come across no more detailed depictions of Mr. Nixon's final years. A must read for any student of Nixon.
- I got a pleasant surprise when the book arrived. It is an autographed copy!
- RICHARD NIXON is a tough read but well done. Ms. Crowley catches his persona well and shows his warts and wisdom. An excellent book for serious history readers. This is not for the knee jerk critics of Nixon.
