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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Nixon's Ten Commandments of Statecraft, by James Humes
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Click here for 12 full quotes from Richard Nixon in the book Ten Commandments of Statecraft.
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Nixon's Ten Commandments of Statecraft:
His Guiding Principles of Leadership and Negotiation
By Richard Nixon,
with Commentary and Lessons from History by James C. Humes
BOOK REVIEW:
This book is arranged in 10 chapters, with Nixon's writing on each topic, then a commentary from an historian on an historical figure with a parallel lesson. The historical figures range from Pericles to Winston Churchill.
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Foreign Policy
Nixon’s Ten Commandments of Statecraft.
Recommended quarantine of Cuba in 1960.
1972 "Triangularization": USSR vs. USA vs. mainland China.
1973: Egypt's Sadat represents future voice for moderation.
Economic liberty mounts pressure to open up China.
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Homeland Security
Supported missile defense as means to achieve SALT.
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Principles & Values
Doggedly pursued Alger Hiss; made his name in House.
Conserve concessions; get something in exchange for each one.
Presidents should avoid "never" and "always".
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War & Peace
1968 vague plan to end war accepted by both hawks & doves.
North Vietnam refused to negotiate in 1968; willing in 1972.
Full airlift to Israel during 1973 war.
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The above quotations are from Nixon's Ten Commandments of Statecraft, by James Humes.
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