Sui Generis

Do not be put off by the size of this volume (over a thousand pages, weighs a ton, and you can’t read it in bed), or by the price (twenty bucks), or by its detractors, who would pan War and Peace if Nixon were its author. This is a tremendous book, rich in concrete detail, a major political event, and as close as we are ever likely to get to that sui generis political creature, Richard Nixon.

A confession: I have come to like Richard Nixon. Oh yes, for at least two years following his resignation I was in a rage about how Nixon had aborted, through sheer bad judgment, the domestic counter-revolution that had surfaced in national electoral terms with his 1968 victory. But no one can really derail history. The deep trends visible in 1968 are visible still, moving with perhaps even greater force because of the temporary interruption.

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Jeffrey Hart

Jeffrey Hart is a contributor to National Review.

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Do not be put off by the size of this volume (over a thousand pages, weighs a ton, and you can’t read it in bed), or by the price (twenty bucks), or by its detractors, who would pan War and Peace if Nixon were its author. This is a tremendous book, rich in concrete detail, a major political event, and as close as we are ever likely to get to that sui generis political creature, Richard Nixon.

A confession: I have come to like Richard Nixon. Oh yes, for at least two years following his resignation I was in a rage about how Nixon had aborted, through sheer bad judgment, the domestic counter-revolution that had surfaced in national electoral terms with his 1968 victory. But no one can really derail history. The deep trends visible in 1968 are visible still, moving with perhaps even greater force because of the temporary interruption.