{"product_id":"book-hn6j","title":"Nixon Agonistes","description":"In this acclaimed biography that earned him a spot on Nixon's infamous \"enemies list,\" Garry Wills takes a thoughtful, in-depth, and often \"very amusing\" look at the thirty-seventh US president, and draws some surprising conclusions about a man whose name has become synonymous with scandal and the abuse of power (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Arguing that Nixon was a reflection of the country that elected him, Wills examines not only the psychology of the man himself and his relationships with others—from his wife, Pat, to his vice-president, Spiro Agnew—but also the state of the nation at the time, mired in the Vietnam War and experiencing a cultural rift that pitted the young against the old. Putting his findings into moral, economic, intellectual, and political contexts, he ultimately \"paints a broad and provocative landscape of the nation's—and Nixon's—travails\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Simultaneously compassionate and critical, and raising interesting perspectives on the shifting definitions of terms like \"conservative\" and \"liberal\" over recent decades, \u003ci\u003eNixon Agonistes\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and indispensable book from one of America's most acclaimed historians.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49352314552624,"sku":"BDhn6j","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49352314585392,"sku":"ZEhn6j","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49352314749232,"sku":"ZMhn6j","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hn6j-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780371385","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hn6j","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}