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Tag Archives: The Contender
Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 7
My latest reading of Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician covered Richard Nixon’s 1950 race against liberal Democratic Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas for the U.S. Senate. How did Ambrose’s narrative about this particular election compare with that of … Continue reading
Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 5
I have three items for my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician. 1. I read about Richard Nixon’s 1946 run for Congress against Democratic Congressman Jerry Voorhis. Ambrose overlaps with Irwin Gellman on certain issues, … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Economics, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged HUAC, Irwin Gellman, Jerry Voorhis, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, The Contender
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 2
I have two items for my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician. 1. In Oliver Stone’s 1995 movie Nixon, Richard Nixon’s brother Harold dies of tuberculosis, and Harold’s death allows the Nixon family to have … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Politics, Religion
Tagged charles colson, Harold Nixon, Irwin Gellman, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, The Contender, William Martin
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1
I started Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913-1962. This is the first volume of Ambrose’s trilogy about Richard Nixon. I have two items for today’s post. 1. Richard Nixon’s father, Frank, was quite opinionated. In my first … Continue reading
Posted in Candidates, Dating, Life, Political Philosophy, Politics, Social Skills
Tagged Frank Nixon, Franklin Roosevelt, Irwin Gellman, Jessamyn West, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, The Contender, Woodrow Wilson
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 16
I finished Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952. I have a couple of items to discuss, then I’ll give my overall impression of the book. 1. In my write-ups on Gellman’s book, I haven’t gone into … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Helen Gahagan Douglas, Irwin Gellman, Jerry Voorhis, Richard Nixon, The Contender
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 15
I have two items for my write-up today on Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952. 1. One narrative that Gellman seeks to refute says that, in 1952, Nixon was waffling in whom he was supporting to … Continue reading
The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 14
For my write-up today on The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952, I’ll use as my starting-point something that Irwin Gellman states on page 394. “In late July 1950, Nixon attended the annual Midsummer Encampment at the Bohemian Grove, … Continue reading
Posted in George W. Bush, john birch society, Political Philosophy, Politics, Ronald Reagan
Tagged A Choice Not An Echo, Bilderbergers, Bohemian Grove, Council on Foreign Relations, Des Griffin, Herbert Hoover, Irwin Gellman, Margaret Thatcher, Newswatch Magazine, Phyllis Schlafly, Richard Nixon, Robert Taft, The Contender, Trilateral Commission, United Nations
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 13
I have three items for my write-up today on Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952. 1. Gellman talks often about Richard Nixon’s relationship with Senator Joseph McCarthy. My impression is that McCarthy admired Nixon for his … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Douglas MacArthur, Harry Truman, Irwin Gellman, Joseph McCarthy, Korean War, Margaret Chase Smith, Richard Nixon, The Contender
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 12
There were two passages in my latest reading of Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952 that stood out to me: 1. Murray Chotiner worked for Richard Nixon when he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Irwin Gellman, Marshall Plan, Murray Chotiner, Richard Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, The Contender, William Knowland
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The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 11
My latest reading of Irwin Gellman’s The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years, 1946-1952 was about Richard Nixon’s 1950 campaign for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Helen Gahagan Douglas. A big issue in that campaign was on whether or not … Continue reading
