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NIXON, by Ralph de Toledano; Sidgwick and Jackson, English price 15/-. EING of a curious turn of mind, I prefer the jacket or preface of a new book, especially a contentious biography, to supply me with a few details about the author. Unfortunately, in this case, the publisher has refrained from mentioning Mr de Toledano’s impeccable record as a reformed radical and vociferous campaigner against every shade of political opinion from "troglodyte" and "doctrinaire" Liberals, left along the line to the You-know-whos. The magazine Newsweek, of which he is an Associate Editor, refers to him as its "ready reckoner on Reds." His book on the Vice-President appeared in May, 1956, just in time for the Republican National Convention which, with President Eisenhower’s approval, re-nominated Nixon as the Vice-Presidential candidate. Nixon presents, I suppose, a fair reflection of the new American society, in which the salesmen and symbol manipulators are replacing industrial empire builders and intellectuals as the ideals of every red-blooded, right-thinking, allAmerican boy. Joseph Alsop says that in his brief but sensational career, Nixon has "developed a real talent for selling his product-in this case himself. He also developed a fine instinct for lunging for the political jugular of his opponents." I see no reason why either the author of this. biography or Nixon himself should disagree. Depending on where you _ stand politically, you will find this book either
a depressing example of journalistic | slush or an exhilarating defence of one of the most chivalrous and maligned figures on the American scene. It must be one or the other; Mr de Toledano leaves you no middle way. There are, of course, the skeletal details of Nixon’s career, including his relations with the late Senator McCarthy, his triumphant battle in the Hiss Case, and his alleged financial irregularities. There is also considerable talk about his changing political orientation which, according to how you look at it, is "opportunism" or "development." If you cannot find them anywhere else, these details may interest you-after all, Richard Nixon may well be the next President of the
United States.
Henry
Walter
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 946, 27 September 1957, Page 16
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