Richard Nixon: A Psychobiography

by Vamık D. Volkan, Andrew W. Dod, Norman Itzkowitz

Book Overview

Despite an abundance of literature on Richard Nixon, the man behind the most spectacular crash-and-burn career of modern political history has remained an enigma. What lay behind his obsessive hunger for power and control, his paranoid attacks against enemies real and perceived, his refusal to accept defeat? Why did a man who had achieved so much feel so unfulfilled even at the height of his power? And what drove the president responsible for such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231108559
• ISBN13: 9780231108553
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A review to dilute the irresponsible Italian

Just a quick review to help offset the irresponsible review by the person from Italy. It was clear to me that he had not read the book, but had only seen the number of pages in the book and made his rash conclusions based on that sole piece of evidence. But quantity does not by any means imply quantity. Idiota!