Kennedy & Nixon

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First friends then bitter enemies John Kennedy & Richard Nixon shared a rivalry that had a dramatic impact on American history. One would become the most dashing figure of the post-World War II era the other would live into his eighties haunted & consumed by the rivalry. In Kennedy & Nixon Christopher Matthews offers a surprising look at these two political giants offering a stunning portrait that will change the way we think about both of them. Starting as congressmen in the class of 1946 the two men developed a friendship & admiration for each other that would last for more than a decade. But what drove history was the enmity between these two towering figures whose 1960 presidential contest would set the nations bitter course for years to come. Matthews shows how the early fondness between the two men (Kennedy told a trusted friend that if he didnt receive the Democratic nomination in 1960 he would vote for Nixon) degenerated into distrust & paranoia the same emotions that in the early 1970s ravaged the nation. Christopher Mattews revealing book sheds light on this complicated relationship & the role that it played in shaping Americas history.