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Nixon

Name: Nixon
Genre: Documentary

1990 1 season 3 eps

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S1 · E1 · Oct 15, 1990

The Quest Episode 1

Richard Nixon’s rise from a modest Quaker upbringing in Yorba Linda and Whittier, California, through Duke Law School and Navy service, to his hard-fought campaigns against Jerry Voorhis and Helen Gahagan Douglas. The Alger Hiss case makes him a national figure, the “Checkers” speech saves his place on Eisenhower’s ticket, and eight years as Vice President end in a razor-thin loss to John F. Kennedy in 1960 and a bitter defeat for California governor in 1962.

S1 · E2 · Oct 15, 1990

Triumph Episode 2

Nixon stages a political comeback and wins the presidency in 1968. In office he seeks a “generation of peace” with Henry Kissinger but expands the war into Cambodia, faces mass protests and Kent State, and builds a secret apparatus against leaks after the Pentagon Papers. His opening to China and the arms-control summit in Moscow mark the peak of his career, just as burglars are caught inside the Watergate complex.

S1 · E3 · Oct 15, 1990

The Fall Episode 3

The White House tries to contain the Watergate break-in while Nixon wins a landslide reelection in 1972 and ends America’s role in Vietnam. As the burglars talk and John Dean turns to prosecutors, the cover-up unravels through the Senate hearings and the discovery of the secret Oval Office tapes. On August 9, 1974, Nixon becomes the first president to resign.

3 episodes in Season 1

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry's faith in government.

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Geoffrey C. Ward Writer · Elizabeth Deane Executive producer · Todd Boekelheide Composer

Writer

Geoffrey C. Ward

Executive producer

Elizabeth Deane

Composer

Todd Boekelheide

Editor

Daniel McCabe

Country United States · Premiered October 15, 1990 · Languages English

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Premiered

October 15, 1990

Status

Ended

Network

WGBH

Country

United States

Type

Scripted

Original language

English

Production

GBH

Production

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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