An intimate profile of Richard Nixon
Nixon In The Den develops
a fresh account of Nixon and his ruthless ambition to escape a loveless,
impoverished background. Historian David Reynolds argues that Nixon was
genuinely successful as an international statesman, with historic visits to
Communist China and the Soviet Union in 1972 helping thaw the Cold War. Yet,
behind the scenes, Nixon’s diplomacy was a story of intrigue and rivalry. The
very methods that won Nixon acclaim on the international stage also doomed his
presidency in the infamous Watergate scandal. With the help of Nixon’s
scribbled memos, audio recordings and rarely seen home movie footage and
photos, this film throws new light on Nixon’s obsessive secrecy, relentless
deception and paranoid mistrust of key aides, especially his foreign policy
adviser Henry Kissinger.
