If you hate Nixon and Kissinger, you'll love this dual biography

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	• Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power Robert Dallek Harper Perennial, 2007 - 752 pages average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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DRUG TEST... MINIMUM WAGE FOLKS?

SO WHEN I PICK UP MY HAMBURGER AT THE LOCAL FRANCHISE IT IS REALLY A SAFE FEELING TO KNOW THAT EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT HAMBURGER IS DRUG FREE. THEN I SPEND 1 HOUR IN ANY GOOD LIBRARY AND I WONDER WHY WE TEST PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO POWER, AND LET OUR LEADERS GO NUTS ON ALL TYPES OF DRUGS?

IF THIS BOOK DOES'T SCREAM FOR SOME TYPE OF TESTING FOR ALL OUR TOP LEADERS...BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN.....THEN JUST MAIL IT IN!

SO KISSINGER LABELS NIXON...A DRUNK ...AND HE (NIXON)IS NOT EVEN PRESENT IN A WAR THAT COULD HAVE GONE NUCLEAR?

READ THIS BOOK AND TRY AND WITHSAND THE NIGHTMARES///

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If you hate Nixon and Kissinger, you'll love this dual biography

The unfortunate thing about Robert Dallek is his bias. He clearly doesn't care for either his subjects, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. Thus their every move is seen through the distorting lens of Dallek's antipathy. As a result, the actual accomplishments of these two remarkable, flawewd men are minimized or even dismissed.

Yes indeed: Nixon and Kissinger were flawed men, just like everyone who occupies high or low office.

Dallek adds little meaningful to the public record about the Nixon/Kissinger relationship. Dallek's biases are visible throughout the narrative and, if the subject matter weren't so serious, would be laughable. Just as the Soviets used to airbrush certain figures out of their historys rendering them non-persons, so Dallek, in line with the needs of the left-wing, revises history. Views that were acceptable to the left-wing during the Kennedy and Johnson eras become unacceptable when implemented by Nixon. It's really funny, in a perverse way, to see Dallek condemning Nixon and Kissinger for what Johnson avidly pursued with the support of his party.

While certainly not a waste of time, Dallek's book should not be considered definitive by any stretch of the imagination. His is nothing more than one viewpoint in any argument that will reverberate for centuries. Long after Dallek and all his books have been forgotten, historians will still be arguing about Nixon and to a lesser extent, Kissinger.

Jerry

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Nothing New

Although the selling point for this is that Dallek uses newly released documents and tapes, the result is pedestrian. Dallek's style is dull. He provides background material inconsistently, so it is not clear what information he thinks his reader already has. If this book casts new light on any historical questions concerning the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon, I missed it. Mostly, it confirms what is already known about their personalities and interaction. A much better book is Joan Hoff's "Nixon Reconsidered" (re-released in 2001), even though it was first published in 1994. Dallek does not provide the new information that Hoff thought would cast more light on some of her subjects. The three stars is just for an honest attempt.

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An excellent biography of two flawed men

Extremely informative. Dallek gets into the nuts and bolts of the relationship between not only these two men, but their relationship with the other major players, as well. He brings out in vivd detail the character flaws, strengths and overwhelming self serving policies of both. An excellent read

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