Just Plain Dick
Richard Nixon's Checkers Speech and the "rocking, Socking" Election of 1952
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This is the story of a young man nearing a nervous breakdown and staging a political comeback. While the narrative focuses tightly, almost cinematically, on the 1952 election cycle, Mattson also provides a broad-stroke depiction of American politics and culture during the Cold War.
Authors:
Mattson, Kevin, 1966-
Statement of Responsibility:
Kevin Mattson
Title:
Just plain Dick
Richard Nixon's Checkers speech and the "rocking, socking" election of 1952
Richard Nixon's Checkers speech and the "rocking, socking" election of 1952
Publisher:
New York, NY :, Bloomsbury,, c2012.
Edition:
1st US ed
Characteristics:
260 p. ;,22 cm.
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Add a CommentI didn't know, until I read this book, that Stevenson also had a "secret fund". That fact may have helped Nixon more than the Checkers Speech, because Stevenson could not personally attack Nixon over the money. Never cared for Nixon, but I've read a great many books about him. He was like a human car crash...don't want to look, but you can't turn away.