We in the U.S. Are Suckers for Style

Richard Nixon's first love has always been foreign policy. He has written four books on the subject (No More Vietnams was published this month) and maintains a network of high- level contacts. The appointment of a new Soviet leader was much on his mind last week when he met with TIME Washington Bureau Chief Strobe Talbott and Senior Editor Stephen Smith. Looking tanned and fit after a vacation in the Bahamas, the former President said he had recovered from a prolonged bout of shingles. In his first on-the-record interview since November 1984, Nixon discussed the pitfalls of summitry and assessed the...

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