Ebook: Nixon's shadow: the history of an image
Author: Greenberg David, Nixon Richard M
- Tags: Biographie, Hochschulschrift, Nixon Richard M.--Public opinion, Nixon Richard M., SWD-ID: 40424066, Political culture--History--20th century--United States, Political culture--United States--History--20th century, Presidents--Biography--United States, Presidents--United States--Biography, Public opinion--History--20th century--United States, Public opinion--United States--History--20th century, Public relations and politics--History--20th century--United States, Public relations and politics--United Sta
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- City: New York;NY;USA
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
- epub
How an image-obsessed president transformed the way we think about politics and politicians.
To his conservative supporters in 1940s southern California, Richard Nixon was a populist everyman; to liberal intellectuals of the 1950s, he was "Tricky Dick," a devious manipulator; to 1960s radicals, a shadowy conspirator; to the Washington press corps, a pioneering spin doctor; to his loyal Middle Americans, a victim of liberal hatred; to recent historians, an unlikely liberal. Nixon's Shadow rediscovers these competing images of the protean Nixon, showing how each was created and disseminated in American culture and how Nixon's tinkering with his own image often backfired. During Nixon's long tenure on the national stage—and through the succession of "new Nixons" so brilliantly described here—Americans came to realize how thoroughly politics relies on manipulation. Since Nixon, it has become impossible to discuss politics without asking: What is the politician's...Download the book Nixon's shadow: the history of an image for free or read online
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