In time for the 50th anniversary of President
Nixon's epic trips to China and Russia, as well as his incredible
Watergate downfall, the man who was at his side for a decade as his aide
and White House Deputy takes readers inside the life and administration
of Richard Nixon.
From Richard Nixon's "You-won't-have-Nixon-to-kick-around-anymore" 1962
gubernatorial campaign through his world-changing trips to China and the
Soviet Union and epic downfall, Dwight Chapin was by his side. As his
personal aide and then Deputy Assistant in the White House Chapin was
with him in his most private and most public moments. He traveled with
him, assisted, advised, strategized, campaigned and learned from
America's most controversial president. As Bob Haldeman's protege,
Chapin worked with Henry Kissinger in opening China--then eventually
went to prison for Watergate although he had no involvement in it.
In this memoir Chapin takes readers on an extraordinary historic
journey; presenting an insider's view of America's most enigmatic
President. Chapin will relate his memorable experiences with the people
who shaped the future: Henry Kissinger, his close friend Bob Haldeman,
Choi En-lai, Pat Nixon, the embittered Spiro Agnew, J. Edgar Hoover,
Frank Sinatra, Mark "Deep Throat" Felt, young and ambitious Roger Ailes,
and John Dean. It's a story that ranges from Coretta Scott King to Elvis
Presley, from the wonder of entering a closed Chinese society to the
Oval Office, and concludes with startling new insights and conclusions
about the break-in that brought down Nixon's presidency.
