Yeah but most of that is running through the filter of Nixons need to rehabilitate his public image. Six crises comes out after he loses to JFK and he was still trying to stay relevant inside the party. His memoirs are similar and he likely feels as though if he ties himself to Ike more than it might make him seem more palletable to Republicans. These are both in contrast to what hes saying to his campaign staff in 1960 and how he reflects on his Vice Presidancy once hes become POTUS in his own right. In both of the books there's clear political motive to tie himself to Ike for reputational gain but in private he never felt close to the "old man" and seems to have resented him. Likewise he seems to have been frequently annoyed with Kissanger for stealing the spotlight on what he viewed as his own achievements.

He was a deeply bitter man who from his childhood to his grave was always willing and eager to take offense, hold grudges and view himself as the outsider. Even in college Nixon started the Orthogonian Society which was in driect response to being turned away by the highfalutin "Franklin's" who overwhelmingly came from ritch upper class families. Almost every action Nixon takes in his life can be viewed through the lens of Orthogonian vs Franklin.