Volume 18, Number 3 · February 24, 1972
Excelsior!
By William A. Williams
Nixon in the White House: The Frustration of Power
by Rowland Evans Jr., by Robert D. Novak
Random House, 431 pp., $8.95
The First Two Years of the Nixon Watch
by John Osborne
Liveright, 218 pp., $3.75
Almost everyone who has tried to make sense of Richard Milhous Nixon has acknowledged serious doubts about the value of the effort, admitted spells of boredom and outbursts of anger, and confessed recurrent frustration in finding and understanding the man. Their exasperation calls to mind the old children's game: 'Nixon, Nixon, who's got the Nixon?'
Review, 3202 words
To read the full text of this piece, please choose one of the following options:
|
If you are already a subscriber to the Review's electronic edition, please sign in: |
To subscribe to the electronic edition, please press the button below. |
To purchase access to this article for $3, please press the button below. |