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Richard Milhous Nixon was a tremendously enigmatic man. The scandals and achievements of his Presidency, his resignation and his legacy are fundamentally formative elements in the character of our nation.Through exhaustively researched and dramatically presented archival materials, as well as exclusive in-depth interviews, Nixon: A Presidency Revealed explores the unlikely origin, the thrilling promise and the crushing downfall of the 37th President of the United States. Nixon oversaw school integration and the Moon Landing. He presided over detente with the Soviet Union and the opening of China to the West. He supervised the establishment of the EPA and the DEA. He appeared on Laugh-In and met Elvis. Yet, this reserved (some say uncharismatic) Quaker, fiercely proud of his self-sufficiency and integrity, resorted to the dirtiest tricks in politics and took offense that the supremacy of his authority was even questioned. Using newly released White House recordings and telephone calls, home movies shot by Nixon staffers, and the dialy recordings of Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, Nixon: A Presidency Revealed goes inside the Nixon administration to understand how the President's hatreds and mistrust of his own staff lead to ruin. In-depth interviews with participants in the Nixon saga - Haig, Kissinger, Dean, Bradlee and others - as well as with renowned scholars and historians, complete the portrait. Nixon: A Presidency Revealed, presents the story of a man whose own demons and resentments drove him to criminal excess.
Editor's Note
The presidency of Richard Nixon is pored over in this documentary from the History Channel. New and rare footage combines to tell the tale.
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