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Nixon in Winter: His Final Revelations about Diplomacy, Watergate, and Life Out of the Arena Audiobook
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Monica Crowley served as a personal assistant to former president Richard M. Nixon from July 1990 until his death in April 1994. This remarkable story of his final public and private years is based on full reconstructions of the conversations she had with him at the time. Nixon in Winter puts the reader behind the scenes with the former president, allowing a unique glimpse into his life as elder statesman and private citizen. It is filled with dramatic revelations about Nixon’s influential role on the world stage, his hardheaded views on the end of the cold war, his powerful inside role during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, his poignant thoughts on the legacy of Vietnam, and his frustrations with being out of power. With astonishing candor, Nixon also shares his final, startling thoughts on Watergate. Above all, he reveals a more private self than ever before as he struggles to deal with aging and the only force that could ultimately destroy him: death.
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“It is gossipy, outrageous, comical, fascinating, entertaining, delightful stuff…There is something a bit eerie about it, too…There is the sense of a Beckett play in progress: a lonely old man not far from death sits in a room sifting through memories and talking to a young woman.”
— New York Review of Books
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“Fields does a great job with the dialogue.”
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“The man was opinionated and dogmatic—and sometimes quite insightful—to the end, so readers curious about Nixon’s later years and opinions will be interested.”
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“These private moments reveal much about a man who remains an enigmatic figure.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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" The author worked for former President Nixon during his final years, and obtained permission to write about this time and about him upon his passing. The result is a very interesting inside view of an old man that has been through much, and worked hard to gain (and re-gain) respect. "
— Craig, 10/21/2008
About Monica Crowley
Monica Crowley is a conservative radio and television political commentator based in New York City. She holds a BA in Political Science from Colgate University and a PhD in international relations from Columbia University. She was foreign-policy assistant to former President Richard Nixon from June 1990 to April 1994, and served as an editorial adviser and research consultant for Nixon’s Seize the Moment in 1992 and Beyond Peace in 1994.
About Anna Fields
Kate Fleming (a.k.a. Anna Fields) (1965–2006), winner of more than a dozen Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award in 2004, was one of the most respected narrators in the industry. Trained at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, she was also a director, producer, and technician at her own studio, Cedar House Audio.