{"product_id":"nixons-shadow-the-history-of-an-image-9780393326161","title":"Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image","description":"To his conservative supporters in 1940s southern California, Richard Nixon was a populist everyman; to liberal intellectuals of the 1950s, he was \"Tricky Dick,\" a devious manipulator; to 1960s radicals, a shadowy conspirator; to the Washington press corps, a pioneering spin doctor; to his loyal Middle Americans, a victim of liberal hatred; to recent historians, an unlikely liberal. \u003cem\u003eNixon's Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e rediscovers these competing images of the protean Nixon, showing how each was created and disseminated in American culture and how Nixon's tinkering with his own image often backfired. During Nixon's long tenure on the national stage--and through the succession of \"new Nixons\" so brilliantly described here--Americans came to realize how thoroughly politics relies on manipulation. Since Nixon, it has become impossible to discuss politics without asking: What is the politician's \"real\" character? How authentic or inauthentic is he? What image is he trying to project? More than what Nixon \u003cem\u003edid\u003c\/em\u003e, this fascinating book reveals what Nixon \u003cem\u003emeant\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreenberg, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Greenberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is a historian of American politics and a professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. He is the author of the prize-winning \u003cem\u003eNixon's Shadow: The History of an Image\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books. Currently a columnist for \u003cem\u003ePolitico\u003c\/em\u003e, he has been an editor at \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e and has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, and other popular and scholarly publications. He lives with his family in New York City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410967957778,"sku":"9780393326161","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bcbeaa46-17c8-44b3-baea-9fa2986f3728.jpg?v=1729309580","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nixons-shadow-the-history-of-an-image-9780393326161","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}