"Stein presents Nixon as not just a politician and president--in triumph and disgrace, gaining, wielding and losing power--but as a human being, a down-to-earth family man and friend to Ben Stein and his family. Stein presents an argument that Nixon was not only one of the most capable presidents the United States has ever seen, but one who was focused on and manifestly successful in his self-described role as peacemaker in the world. And on the journey of getting to know real Nixon, Stein reveals the real Ben Stein: his parents, upbringing, and comin gof age in the 50's and 60's, his work in…mehr
"Stein presents Nixon as not just a politician and president--in triumph and disgrace, gaining, wielding and losing power--but as a human being, a down-to-earth family man and friend to Ben Stein and his family. Stein presents an argument that Nixon was not only one of the most capable presidents the United States has ever seen, but one who was focused on and manifestly successful in his self-described role as peacemaker in the world. And on the journey of getting to know real Nixon, Stein reveals the real Ben Stein: his parents, upbringing, and comin gof age in the 50's and 60's, his work in the White House, and eventual move to California and evolution as a writer"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ben Stein is the most famous economics teacher in America. His comedic role as the droning economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off is by far the most widely viewed scene of economics teaching in economics history and has been ranked as one of the fifty most famous scenes in movie history. But in real life, Ben Stein is a powerful thinkers on economics, politics, education and history and motivation – and like his father, Herbert Stein, considered one of the great humorists on political economy and how life works in this nation. Stein in real life has a bachelor's with honors in economics from Columbia, studied economics at the graduate level at Yale, is a graduate of Yale Law School ( valedictorian of his class by election of his classmates in 1970), and has as diverse a resume as any man in America. His background includes...poverty lawyer for poor people in New Haven, trade regulation lawyer for the FTC, speech writer for Presidents Nixon and Ford, columnist and editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal, columnist for The New York Times, teacher about law and economics at UC, Santa Cruz and Pepperdine. Stein was the 2009 winner of the Malcolm Forbes Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism. Stein was the co-host, along with Jimmy Kimmel, of the pathbreaking Comedy Central game show, Win Ben Stein's Money , which won seven Emmys, including ones for Ben and Jimmy for best game show host(s); surely making him the only well-known economist to win an Emmy. Presently, he writes a column for The American Spectator and NewsMax , and is a regular commentator on Fox News, CNN, Newsmax TV and on CBS Sunday Morning. Stein has written or co-written roughly 30 books, mostly about investing, many of them New York Times bestsellers, including: The Capitalist Code: It Can Save Your Life and Make You Very Rich and The World According to Ben Stein: Wit, Wisdom & Even More Wit. He lives and works in the Los Angeles metro area. https://www.mrbenstein.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWorldAccordingToBenStein/featured https://www.newsmax.com/insiders/benstein/bio-39
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TABLE OF CONTENTS to THE PEACEMAKER: Nixon: The Man, President, and My Friend by Ben Stein Foreword: Ben Stein and Richard Nixon: History’s Oddest Couple by Aram Bakshian Jr. xi Prologue by John R. Coyne Jr. xv Introduction: Blessed Are the Peacemakers 1 Chapter One: An Ordinary, Solid Citizen American: My First “Meeting” with Nixon 7 Chapter Two: America in the 1950s: A Non boring Decade of Peace, Progress, and Prosperity . . .but We Were Scared 17 Chapter Three: The Real Nixon: He Could Get Things Done, and He Did Not Stop Working until Things Got Done 41 Chapter Four: The Man inside the Nixon Mask 57 Chapter Five: California Part 1:A Big Change in My Life 75 Chapter Six: Plenty to Fear: Media Lynch Mob and the Man Who Saved the Children of Israel 83 Chapter Seven: Lawyer, Politician, Performer 119 Chapter Eight: Guilty First, Trial Second: It Matters a Lot Who Your Lawyer Is 127 Chapter Nine: Au Revoir: A Media Coup d’Etat and the Worst Day Ever in American History 145 Chapter Ten: California Part 2: A Dream Job 163 Chapter Eleven: A Memorable Birthday Party at the Western White House 177 Chapter Twelve: In Charge of Freedom Itself 189 Chapter Thirteen: A Shonda—a Disgrace 203 Chapter Fourteen: The Most Capable People on Earth 213 Chapter Fifteen: An Ordinary Man Wearing a Nixon Mask 221 Epilogue 225 Index 229 About the Author 237
TABLE OF CONTENTS to THE PEACEMAKER: Nixon: The Man, President, and My Friend by Ben Stein Foreword: Ben Stein and Richard Nixon: History’s Oddest Couple by Aram Bakshian Jr. xi Prologue by John R. Coyne Jr. xv Introduction: Blessed Are the Peacemakers 1 Chapter One: An Ordinary, Solid Citizen American: My First “Meeting” with Nixon 7 Chapter Two: America in the 1950s: A Non boring Decade of Peace, Progress, and Prosperity . . .but We Were Scared 17 Chapter Three: The Real Nixon: He Could Get Things Done, and He Did Not Stop Working until Things Got Done 41 Chapter Four: The Man inside the Nixon Mask 57 Chapter Five: California Part 1:A Big Change in My Life 75 Chapter Six: Plenty to Fear: Media Lynch Mob and the Man Who Saved the Children of Israel 83 Chapter Seven: Lawyer, Politician, Performer 119 Chapter Eight: Guilty First, Trial Second: It Matters a Lot Who Your Lawyer Is 127 Chapter Nine: Au Revoir: A Media Coup d’Etat and the Worst Day Ever in American History 145 Chapter Ten: California Part 2: A Dream Job 163 Chapter Eleven: A Memorable Birthday Party at the Western White House 177 Chapter Twelve: In Charge of Freedom Itself 189 Chapter Thirteen: A Shonda—a Disgrace 203 Chapter Fourteen: The Most Capable People on Earth 213 Chapter Fifteen: An Ordinary Man Wearing a Nixon Mask 221 Epilogue 225 Index 229 About the Author 237
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