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Richard Nixon - by Vamik Volkan & Norman Itzkowitz & Andrew Dod (Paperback)

Richard Nixon - by  Vamik Volkan & Norman Itzkowitz & Andrew Dod (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>The first rigorous psychoanalytic investigation into the heart and mind of Nixon explores the forces and events that shaped his complex personality, presenting an enlightening portrait of a troubled man whose insecurities doomed him to suffer the most sensational downfall in American political history.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The first rigorous psychoanalytic investigation into the heart and mind of Nixon explores the forces and events that shaped his complex personality, presenting an enlightening portrait of a troubled man whose insecurities doomed him to suffer the most sensational downfall in American political history.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Historians who dismiss psychobiographies as psychobabble will now have to consider this reasoned case for applying psychoanalytic interpretation to the study of presidential leadership.--Library Journal<br><br>Readable and provocative....Volkan, Itzkowitz and Dod have offered insight into how the personalities of leaders develop and why some leaders fall from grace. Biographers of Bill Clinton take note.--Dean J. Kotolowski, Ohio University "Journal of American History "<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Vamik D. Volkan is the director of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction and professor of psychiatry at the University of Virginia and coauthor of <i>Siblings in the Unconscious and Psychopathology.</i>Norman Itzkowitz is professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University and a member of the International Relations Division of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction at the University of Virginia. He is coauthor of <i>The Immortal Atatürk: A Psychobiography.</i>Andrew W. Dod is a senior executive with Crescent Communications, an Atlanta based marketing consulting firm.

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