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Jonathan Aitken, is now a lecturer, author, columnist, and broadcaster
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How Charles Colson Nixon's hatchet man, became a major figure in evangelicalism
 
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kijabi1 | Apr 28, 2018 |
John Newton is best known as the author of Amazing Grace but this brilliant new biography shows how he led one of the most colourful and influential lives of the 18th century.Using a wealth of unpublished material, Jonathan Aitken charts Newton's journey through slave trading, best selling authorship, ordination, church leadership, abolitionist campaigning and the spiritual mentoring of William Wilberforce and William Cowper. From Newton's rip-roaring adventures on the high seas to his emergence as a pivotal figure in the abolitionist and evangelical movements this is a life of amazing achievement as well as of Amazing Grace.… (mehr)
 
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Paul_Brunning | 4 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 26, 2016 |
When I took a college course on the United States presidency, we were required to read a biography on a president of our choice and give a short oral report of it. I chose Nixon because growing up post-Watergate, it seemed to me he was perhaps the most villainized president in American history. I wanted to take the opportunity of the assignment to get the other side, so I deliberately chose a biography after looking among the choices on the bookshelves that seemed the most positive towards him.

I'm afraid Aitken does come across as an apologist and seems too defensive about Nixon's faults (some would say crimes). On the other hand, there's something to be said about a biographer that does feel some empathy for his subject, and this is a thick tome, thoroughly covering Nixon's life from cradle to grave. My professor's comment after my report on Nixon based on what I had read is that I had slighted Kissinger's role in the administration. And it's true, this book puts Nixon firmly in the driver's seat and gives him complete credit for the opening up of relations with China. I do remember this book as a corrective--I just wouldn't recommend it as the only biography of Nixon to read. Someday I'd like to seek out one that is more critical.
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LisaMaria_C | 1 weitere Rezension | Sep 5, 2013 |
This is a fairly easy read. It's also very very subjective.

I am one of those people who grew up in a world after Watergate, where Nixon was the bad guy and nothing else was said about him. This book did provide me with a more balanced view of the man. I found it very insightful and it really did help me to make up my own mind about the various activities of Richard Nixon.

What I found slightly annoying what the fact that Jonathan Aitken at several points in the story tries to justify Nixon's actions. It's a biography, not a school report!
Thankfully he's not very good at hiding his views, so they are easy to find and ignore.

Still, I would recommend this to people who are interested in a more complete view of this American ex-president.
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nicky_too | 1 weitere Rezension | Dec 4, 2010 |

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