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The Astonishing Comeback of Richard Nixon

On August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon became the first and only U.S. president to resign from office-to avoid almost certain impeachment. Utterly disgraced, he was forced to flee the White House with a small cadre of advisors and family. Richard Nixon was a completely defeated man.

Yet only a decade later, Nixon was a trusted advisor to presidents, dispensing wisdom on campaign strategy and foreign policy, shaping the course of U.S.-Soviet summit meetings, and representing the U.S. at state funerals-the very model of an elder statesman.

How did he do it? Nixon leveraged his still sharp mind, his peerless political instincts, his deep connections with foreign leaders-but, above all, his stubborn refusal to accept defeat-to achieve a political restoration as astonishing as the fall that preceded it.

Kasey S. Pipes, advisor...