Research Catalog

Title

Healing Richard Nixon : a doctor's memoir / John C. Lungren and John C. Lungren, Jr. ; with a foreword by Rick Perlstein.

Author

Lungren, John C., 1916-2000

Publication

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2003.

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Additional Authors

Lungren, John C., Jr.

Description

xxiv, 218 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In the weeks following Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency, America was fundamentally shaken. Many wondered if the nation would ever recover from the Watergate scandal. During this time of intense paranoia, Nixon's every action was scrutinized and questionned. Exiled, Nixon was a fallen man - physically in shambles and sinking further and further into a deep depression." "Dr. John C. Lungren became a campaign physician during Nixon's 1952 vice-presidential bid, and their close relationship, both personal and professional, endured until Nixon's death over forty years later. After Watergate, Nixon made a personal plea to his old friend and physician: "I want you to take care of me because I trust you and I know you wouldn't want anything from me." Lungren assumed the responsibility of caring for Nixon - unaware that his own motives, methods, and decisions would ultimately arouse national criticism." "Lungren offers insights into Nixon's psyche that only a personal physician - and friend - could have. Lungren observed in Nixon the qualities that defined him as a leader and the weaknesses that led to his political fall."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Lungren, John C., Jr
• Nixon, Richard M
• Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 > Health
• Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994
• Lungren, John C., 1916-2000
• Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994 > Friends and associates
• Nixon, Richard M 1913-1994
• Lungren, John C., 1916-2000
• Famous Persons
• Physicians
• Presidents > United States > Biography
• Physicians > United States > Biography
• United States

Genre/Form

• Personal Narrative
• Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Cease of Majesty 1 -- 2. From Pharaohs to Phlebitis 9 -- 3. Dread Unconcealed 21 -- 4. The Plot Thickens 29 -- 5. On the Campaign Trail I 41 -- 6. On the Campaign Trail II 61 -- 7. The Haldeman Enigma 75 -- 8. Defeating Death 83 -- 9. Judge Sirica's Medical Panel 93 -- 10. Nixon, Sinatra, Dreyfus 113 -- 11. Habeas Corpus: Nixon on Watergate and Vietnam 119 -- 12. Nixon and the Jews 127 -- 13. Nixon and Kissinger 131 -- 14. Regimen for Recovery 137 -- 15. Dreadful Summoners 145 -- 16. Nixon in China 151 -- 17. Pat Nixon and The Final Days 159 -- 18. New Glory 167.

ISBN

0813122740 (Cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003005312

OCLC

• 51848584
• SCSB-10651285

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library