NIXON
The story of Richard Nixon's rise, fall, and the moment he unilaterally ended the gold standard and changed global economics forever.
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Chapters
13 total- 01Chapter One - A Man Made in the Arena
- 02Chapter Two - The Red Hunter
- 03Chapter Three - The Checkers Speech
- 04Chapter Four - Ike’s #2
- 05Chapter Five - 1960: The Loss That Burned Forever
- 06Chapter Six - The Wilderness
- 07Chapter Seven - The Madman Returns
- 08Chapter Eight - The Game Abroad
- 09Chapter Nine - The Dollar Dies
- 10Chapter Ten - The White House Tapes
- 11Chapter Eleven - Watergate
- 12Chapter Twelve - The Resignation
- 13Chapter Thirteen - The Ghost in the Room
Edition notes and short pages
NIXON
NIXON
The Man Who Lost the Room
by James Johnson
Dedication
For everyone who ever walked into the room thinking they had control and walked out realizing they didn’t.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TO THE PRESIDENTS who came after him,
You’re all still living in the house he rewired.
To the reporters who kept pulling the thread,
This one wouldn’t be possible without you.
And to the tape,
Thank you for not blinking.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JAMES JOHNSON IS the author of the Commanders-in-Chief series, the 101 series, This Is a Rock, and many others. He writes sharp, fast, Trojan-horse history that tells the real story behind the story. This is one of them.
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY James Johnson All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
This is a nonfiction work based on historical events, public records, direct quotes, and publicly documented sources. Some dialogue and internal thoughts have been reconstructed based on credible testimony and context. Interpretations are the author’s own.