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Richard Nixon
A Psychobiography
by Vamik D. Volkan ; Norman Itzkowitz ; Andrew W. Dod
ISBN: 0231108559
ISBN-13: 9780231108553
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Based on speculative readings of incidents in Nixon's early life, this is an attempt to provide a psychological portrait of the famed U.S. statesman that explains his behavior and the ambitions he pursued while in office.
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"Historians who dismiss psychobiographies as psycho babble will now have to consider the reasoned case for applying psychoanalytic interpretation to the study of presidential leadership. . . [An] illuminating portrait . . . Strongly recommended."
-- Library Journal
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.6 pounds
Pages: 190
Publisher's Notes
The first rigorous psychoanalytic investigation into the heart and mind of Nixon, this book explores the forces and events that shaped his complex personality. Why did a man who had achieved so much feet so angry and unfulfilled even at the height of his power? What lay behind his paranoid offensives against enemies real and perceived? This is an enlightening portrait of a troubled man whose insecurities doomed him to suffer the most sensational downfall in American political history.
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