True Myths of Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Life and Times of Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Pumping Iron to Governor of California

The strategies of the film star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, are studied and questioned in this biograghy. Some of the questions examined in this book include: has he capitalized on his Nazi patrimnoy to portray the dark avenging macho men of his movies, while simultaneously counrting the Jewish lobby in America; has he turned his steroid record around to play it as a reformed man's fitness anthem - smiled on by President Bush who appointed him a nation's health and sports czar; and how much has he seized on other people's mockery of him - his accent, his name, his bulk - to turn it to his own self-mocking advantage? Nigel Andrews was named the Critic of the Year in the British Press Awards for 1985.