PositiveThe Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMr. Farrell has captured and conveyed the essential Nixon in an elegantly written, expertly researched, commanding and compelling rise and fall narrative. His Richard Nixon is the best biography of our 37th president we have, or are likely to have … Acknowledging that Nixon’s aim was to reduce the support of working class whites for the Democrats, who held commanding majorities in the House and Senate during his presidency, Mr. Farrell reminds us that Nixon signed landmark environmental legislation, initiated affirmative action policies, and persuaded Southerners to desegregate their public schools … Mr. Farrell demonstrates, however, that Nixon subordinated just about everything and everybody to his political self-interest.
