Description: Offers rare insight into the decision-making and maneuvering of two of the most powerful figures in government, President Nixon and his advisor Patrick Buchanan--with lasting consequences for American public life.
Brief description:
Lori Cox Han is professor of political science and Doy B.
Henley Chair of American Presidential Studies at Chapman University. She is the
coauthor, with Diane J. Heith, of Presidents and the American Presidency and the
editor of New
Directions in the American Presidency, among many other works.
Review Quotes:
"Lori Cox Han's Advising Nixon is essential to understand one of the most significant political advisors in modern US history. We see Pat Buchanan in all of his roles: strategist, campaign confidant, communications specialist, sentiment barometer of Nixon's Silent Majority--even future presidential candidate. There is something new and interesting on each page!"--Luke A. Nichter, coauthor of The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972
"Han's book is a model of original archival research that documents in an engaging narrative the substantial influence that conservative gadfly Pat Buchanan had on the Nixon presidency. Through the lens of Buchanan's White House memoranda, Han's analysis takes us through the tumultuous events of Nixon's rise to the presidency and eventual downfall. A great read for students and observers of the Nixon years and also of the conservative movement in the United States."--Mark J. Rozell, dean, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
"Lori Cox Han's Advising Nixon is essential reading for anybody interested in our thirty-seventh president's public philosophy. Pat Buchanan's memos are eye-opening primary source documents of great value. Highly recommended!"--Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University, author of Cronkite, and coeditor of The Nixon Tapes
"Pat Buchanan's acerbic pen and wit helped define Richard Nixon's conservatism, Ronald Reagan's appeal, and, ultimately, Donald Trump's nativism. Lori Cox Han's skillfully orchestrated collection of Buchanan's earliest White House work is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand America's political past, present, and future."--Jeffrey A. Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University