Evan Thomas: “Being Nixon” (Diane Rehm Show)

A lonely outsider, filled with resentment. This is not the picture one necessarily associates with a future president. But this is the portrait we get of the young Richard Nixon in author Evan Thomas’s new book. Thomas sets out to get inside the president’s mind, starting from Nixon’s childhood. What he finds is more complex than the malevolent, cartoon image of “Tricky Dick” he says many of us have. We meet a man who tried and failed dramatically to overcome his many dark demons…and one whose story could be instructive to leaders and presidential candidates today. We go inside the troubled mind of Richard Nixon.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-06-22/evan-thomas-being-nixon