leading historian david reynolds takes a fresh look at the controversial career and embattled
presidency of richard nixon.
reynolds argues that nixon was genuinely successful as an international statesman, with his historic
visits to communist china and the soviet union helping to thaw the cold war. yet behind the scenes,
nixon\'s diplomacy was a story of intrigue and rivalry. the methods that won him acclaim on the
international stage also doomed his presidency in the infamous watergate scandal.
an intimate psychological profile, the film reveals how nixon was driven by a deep inferiority
complex and ruthless ambition to escape a loveless, impoverished background. nixon clawed his way to
the most powerful job in the world yet could never shake off this past.
with the help of nixon\'s scribbled memos, audio recordings and rarely seen home movie footage and
photos, the film throws new light on nixon\'s obsessive secrecy, relentless deception and paranoid
mistrust of key aides, especially his foreign policy adviser henry kissinger.
shy and tortured, nixon ran his presidency largely from a hideaway office across the road from the
white house. the film recreates this, his \'den\', the place where nixon dreamed of greatness but was
haunted by his demons.
presidency of richard nixon.
reynolds argues that nixon was genuinely successful as an international statesman, with his historic
visits to communist china and the soviet union helping to thaw the cold war. yet behind the scenes,
nixon\'s diplomacy was a story of intrigue and rivalry. the methods that won him acclaim on the
international stage also doomed his presidency in the infamous watergate scandal.
an intimate psychological profile, the film reveals how nixon was driven by a deep inferiority
complex and ruthless ambition to escape a loveless, impoverished background. nixon clawed his way to
the most powerful job in the world yet could never shake off this past.
with the help of nixon\'s scribbled memos, audio recordings and rarely seen home movie footage and
photos, the film throws new light on nixon\'s obsessive secrecy, relentless deception and paranoid
mistrust of key aides, especially his foreign policy adviser henry kissinger.
shy and tortured, nixon ran his presidency largely from a hideaway office across the road from the
white house. the film recreates this, his \'den\', the place where nixon dreamed of greatness but was
haunted by his demons.
