NIXON OFF THE RECORD : Signed 1st

Monica Crowley

ISBN 10: 0679456813 / ISBN 13: 9780679456810

Published by Random House, New York, 1996

About this Item

Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Upwrad peeling to front panel's upper edge. Signed and inscribed by Crowley on half-title page. Previous owner's blindstamp to dedication page. ; Signed.; 9.50 X 6.10 X 1.10 inches; 231 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NIXON OFF THE RECORD : Signed 1st
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679456813
• ISBN 13: 9780679456810
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Nixon and I met for the first time on October 2, 1989, and he was exceedingly generous with the commodity that was the most precious to him: time.... And, surprisingly for a man who had been so often damaged by those he trusted, Nixon trusted me immediately. I became a member of his small circle of advisers. I listened as he confided his views on international affairs and world leaders, American politics and policy, Watergate, and his own personal career, and human nature.
--Monica Crowley

Nixon off the Record is the unique story of Richard Nixon's intense political life after he left the presidency--told by Monica Crowley, Nixon's foreign-policy assistant and political confidante during the last years of his life.

With fully reconstructed conversations based on extensive notes made at the time, Nixon off the Record puts the reader in the room with the thirty-seventh president, listening to his views on leadership, his opinions of White House predecessors and successors, his activities and thoughts during the 1992 presidential campaign and election, and his assessment of Bill Clinton's first year in office and his potential challengers in 1996. Nixon's views give voters uncommon criteria by which to measure presidential candidates--including Bob Dole--and their ability to exercise effective leadership.

Richard Nixon was one of the most controversial and indestructible presidents of the twentieth century. With her privileged perspective and unlimited access to Nixon, Crowley has written a perceptive and spirited memoir that shows not just what Nixon thought in the last years of his life but who he was. She offers an unprecedented behind-the-scenes view of Nixon's activities and opinions, giving the reader a front-row view of recent American political history.

Nixon's unparalleled experience placed him in a unique position to judge leaders who had come before and after. His assessments are candid, astonishing, and sometimes explosive. This book places those judgments in context and brings them alive for the last American presidential election of the twentieth century.

About the Author

Monica Crowley was editorial adviser and research consultant for President Nixon's Seize the Moment in 1992 and Beyond Peace in 1994, and traveled to Europe and Asia with him, participating in his meetings with heads of state and other government leaders. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Columbia University and lives in New Jersey.