Six Crises
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Six Crises is the first book written by Richard Nixon, who later became the 37th president of the United States in 1969. It was published in 1962, and it recounts his role in six major political situa
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Profiles in Courage
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Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators. The book, authored by John F. Kennedy with Ted Sorensen as a ghostwr
Six Crises
…in 1962, and it recounts his role in six major political situations. Nixon wrote the book in response to John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize–winning Profiles in Courage, which had greatly improved Kennedy's public image. Six Crises was Nixon's response to the John F. Kennedy book, Profiles in Courage (1955), which…
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Ted Sorensen, the ghostwriter of Profiles in Courage, was also John F. Kennedy's main speechwriter.