You tube is such a fantastic medium that has a plethora of subjects that leaves no-one groping in the proverbial darkness without an answer, starting point or learning something new that leads to a new endeavour!! Whatever it is the genie is well and truly out of the bottle!!!! Herrrrrs Jenie!!
I love how Prof. David Reynolds narrates documentaries. He enunciates each words so clearly, and with such a delightful British accent. A great storyteller.
How so? I mean he committed treason by intervening peace talks in Vietnam to affect an election. The only reason he was popular was because his opponent (Humphrey) wanted to see the war to victory while Nixon was promising to end it. When LBJ made the statement about making progress (peace talks with Vietnam and America) Nixon basically lost all of his popularity. So he promised Tho he would give him anything he wanted to pull out of peace talks. Arguably assuring the death of 800,000 people and continuing the war for 6 more years. Strange how many people don’t know this history. He was a traitor of the worst kind. Doesn’t seem so tame.
Just a bunch of jesuit order and masonic order clowns fooling people, your country has them too, most everyone in politics has to be in the cult club in order to be in government. Our governments are ran from occult cults, funny how "president" just means the head of a enterprise and not a king or ruler.... President is a cheap title of what is suppose to be a ruler lol.
Well, his IQ was easily 50 points above senile Joe, that's for sure. And I detested Nixon when he was in office. Looking back, I wish he was in office now.
Ya, He was. He was nothing more than a paranoid, alcoholic, pill popping, closet case, wife beating psychopath. We definitely need more of his type in the White House. They had to hide Pat Nixon he beat her so badly. He was taking ridiculous amounts of Dilantin on top of heavy drinking. Yep, a real charmer by today's standards. He was most likely a repressed Homosexual which added to his constant physical abuse to Pat and his paranoid behavior and his heavy drinking. Go do some research. It's right there in black and white.
@@jl3322 yea absolutely, thank god for the 40-year high inflation, thank god for gas at $5. Thank god for the chaos in Afghanistan. I mean you can’t deny that Biden’s administration is an absolute DISASTER. I would rather be still with trump than with this clown in the White House that has us living in misery. Like literally the worst.
I love and hate this platform at the same time. I love being able to just pull up a documentary whenever I want or a song but by the same token the platforms brought me a lot of bullying and death threats etc simply for being a Left winger...
@@davidgormley7990 In case you haven't already found out for yourself...no one is good. Only God is good. *Mark 10:18* "No one is good-except God alone." *Psalm 14:3* "They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.
I like watching British documentaries on US history and politics. They don't come with the inherent bias of one political wing or another, they just seem more fair and balanced.
Robert Bobsky I'm no leftist and I'm not American, I'm Irish, but I find Fox News one of the bizarrest things to come out of America, I watch the likes of Hannity and its disturbing to think about the influence they have, Hannity is basically running the country, from the TV set and the fact he advises Trump.
The accent helps- documentaries are supposed to seem dispassionate. However, we know all about you and we have a view. Labour under Corbyn, the "Momentum" movement, is well to the left of any Democrat, including Sanders. The rank and file of Labour are Sanders, the Blairites and LibDems are left of centre Democrats, the Tories are "moderate" and rightwing "corporate" Democrats. Hillary Clinton in the UK would be a Tory in the centre of the party. Only UKIP are anything like the post-1980 Republicans and no-one votes for them after Brexit. Fox News is no longer available in the UK. BTW, we are the most rightwing country in Western Europe, so most of your allies are utterly bemused by the American system.
Interesting. I know my dad didn’t like many politicians but he spoke very highly of Nixon. I didn’t know much but now as I learn more and more about him I think he was a decent man who really cared and was set up
For a start, he sabotaged the 1968 peace talks, extending the Vietnam war by four years and costing the lives of 20,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Asians...so he could win the presidency.
Most cogent analysis of Nixon online. I am of the generation that remembers exactly where and what I was doing when Nixon resigned, and have studied the man for years. This documentary nails it.
@@nuqwestr Well, the real reason why Ford pardon Nixon is because he believed a trial would have torn this country apart. I disagree with Ford because of the huge amount of evidence against Nixon. The public would have saw the evidence and be convinced that Nixon truly broke the law. Most Americans back then had little to no knowledge of the crimes he committed. Nixon's cover up was truly egregious.
@@jamespatterson6972 I followed Watergate in real time, evidence of his crime was broadcast nightly, the public, at least the public that cared, had the information, and just wanted to move on, that's why Ford pardoned Nixon, and well done. Transcripts of the tapes were public. You make it sound like there was a "cover-up" after the base one was exposed? I hated Nixon, was of that age, but now look back and see many positive results from his two-terms. Jail would have sent a poor message to both our allies and enemies. Ford made the correct choice, perhaps his only one.
@@silvershocknicktail6638 Yes, just like Reagan interfered with the Iran hostage negotiations to win in 1981. Just like George Bush's brother threw 100's of thousands of Dem voters off the rolls in Florida in 2000.
Awesome documented video on water gate scandal and Nixon's presidential tenure . Although I heard this famous water gate scandal previously but it was not even a sketchy form . Your video is not only well documented but at the same time well illustrated . Thank you very much from India ( Calcutta)
One of my college professors lived with Nixon in college. They belonged to the same fraternity. He told us he was a work horse on trying to be straight A. He redid a few classes in order to graduate as a straight A student. He constantly carried different colored notebooks with him. Always writing down different ideas in them. He was asked why? It wasn't a diary thing it was idea journals. He felt his entire life he knew someday he'd do something 'great'. He felt incredible pressure because of it. Sadly when things got bad after college in private he developed a tremendous love at the end of the day for vodka. He drank like a fish in the end of his presidency n would walk the halls of the white house residence plastered drunk. My son was one of his body guards. He promised to get us out of Vietnam n six months later we invaded Cambodia too
Yes I've seen a documentary and I agreed that Kissinger would often finish up what Nixon started. Kissinger said he was always drunk everyday and break even more in the days before he resigned
Talk to your son let him tell you how Nixon would give the Secret service the slip on many many occasions. Nixon and Jackie Gleeson were great friends. While your son was clueless Nixon showed Gleeson where Aliens were stored at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and showed Gleeson the bodies. This is one of the main reasons Nixon was slowly set up; based on his ego as bait. Disgraced versus assassination. Then as now the CIA calling all the behind the scenes shots. Presidents are nothing but front pawns with perks. Nixon had many reasons to be half shitfaced.
@@treadlightlyorelse849 As Nixon would say to a brainless comment like that Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger you see one can only be angry with those he respects
Nixon was probably one of the most complex characters the US ever had for a president, he was a very multifaceted and conflicted man. It's difficult to find nonpartisan discussion on him anywhere inside the US, where the good, bad, and ugly can be hung out to dry without the usual drama, generalizations, and blindsides. This was pretty good, certainly levels ahead of a number of recent docudramas that have come out to coincide with anniversaries of his downfall.
@@MikeJones-rk1un I mean, to some degree, but there is also so much partisanship in mainstream discussion that you can get an ok amalgamation from combining the mainstream outlets.
Richard Nixon was caught spying on his political enemies, but the real crime was the cover up, and he was brought down... Barack Obama and Joe Biden spied on their political enemy and then covered it up, but they were caught and nothing happened!! Your country is hopelessly corrupt!!
Hey Colin, it sure is hilarious to read these comments from 2,3,4 yrs ago about politician's, politics in general & see where we all are now. Yes, times change but this last President left a real stain in the underwear of America.
Did he make mistakes? yes Did he lie about things? yes But Nixon owned up to it. History should cut him some slack. Especially compared to the Presidents and politicians today. By today's standards, i would hardly call him a crook, i would call him flawed, because what human isn't?
Unfortunately it's just unbelievable how we've watched it get worse and worse. Dare I say Trump has made Nixon look almost normal, smh. I can't believe I've said that. ☺
@The Pilgrim perfectly discribed trump No one's saying Biden is a saint either but whatever you seem to believe I can just tell you truly believe people love Biden but on the contrary. I truly believe people picked Biden to get rid of the circus. Nixon was a professional crook that got caught. Trump follows just behind Nixon. Take away everything that happen through trumps presidency just look at who he pardoned 😂😂 that goes to show you CROOKED POWER NO MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU IDENTITY YOURSELF WITH
@@RideAcrossTheRiver whats to explain? If we would not believe one human is better than another, there would be no such thing as minorities. Or elites. Im assuming you consider yourself a minority and finds his/her comment offensive. Hence the problem with society today.
Nixon betrayed the beliefs he supposedly stood for in the 1950s. It took Ronald Reagan to correct the decline in American moral authority by winning the Cold War that Nixon had allowed to continue through detente or appeasement of Communist regimes. Reynolds is totally wrong about Reagan.
Very well written and delivered. Sensitive, balanced and insightful. Nixon is a fascinating historical figure - ultimately, a tragic one, like his two immediate predecessors, but for different reasons.
Nice comment here and I have to wonder if my son will be watching something akin to this regarding Donald Trump in 20 or so years. Best wishes from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
@@DaveSCameron I don't think so. The Trump presidency was indeed tragic, but not in the Shakespearean sense. :) A measure of actual or potential greatness is required to be a tragic figure in that sense.
@@davidgoetz2576 Hey, appreciate your reply and I understand your point however I was thinking more in general terms, something akin to this diligent presenter and a less sensationalist and emotional docu. I love this chap, David Reynolds, style. 👍
The tragedy is had he admitted his involvement in Watergate in the beginning he would have survived. Instead he chose to deny it and when exposed that cost him dearly.
Disagree. Historian Stephen Ambrose has spoken to that effect.The administration was involved far too deeply into nefarious activities, the most heinous being the Ellsberg break in. Investigations would have occurred anyway and discovered other crimes, Nixon was doomed.
@@rockintetster I wonder if he'd have been made to resign over the Ellsberg break-in and he'd even suggested Firebombing the Brookings Institute. There may have been other things. They are serious things but then again so is forcing a President to resign so maybe he could have apologized and no doubt been criticized again and again for it but not had to resign. Certainly if he had fessed up about the plumbers working for the White House (even if he didn't know in advance) then it would have been very damaging at the 1972 election. His staff could have brought up the Ellsberg break-in and the Brookings Institute suggestion and maybe he's have lost in 72. He was way ahead in the polls so I guess he'd probably still have won...just but there was no way he was going to risk losing that election when he felt it was so important for the nation that he win. What a mess. And it was so unnecessary.
May I just say... Apart from everything else that's great about this documentary, Professor Reynolds's presentation is outstanding. Few other people I've seen in documentaries are so interesting to watch and hear.
NIxon is one of my favorite US president. His decision on re-establishing diplomatic relationship with China is absolutely visionary, and one of THE most consequential decision of twentieth century period
Nixon opened China (he often said that), Reagan made it possible for corporations to move there. Think of it; Nixon is "fighting communism in 'Nam" BUT...
There's another, more detailed and also very interesting Nixon documentary which closely examines his early formative years and his entire political career; "American Experience" 1990. It delves into what motivated this guy and how he came to his political end.
The book Nixonland by Rick Perlstein is a great and interesting look at Nixon, especially the man's early years. It also has an interesting anecdote from a man who was a friend of Nixon as a boy, the story was that Nixon wanted to trade a toy Hatchet/Tomahawk for a jar of Polywogs/Tadpoles that the friend had. After the friend refused and started to walk away? Nixon decided to bury the Hatchet, literally trying to bury the hatchet in the back of the other boy's head leaving a scar that would last the rest of his life.
The greatest and most intelligent U.S. President ever. He may have had his struggles as all of us do. Nevertheless he always saw the bigger picture. China, Russia, cold war, Vietnam. Forget Watergate. This man was bigger than that.
The 50th anniversary of Nixon's forced resignation from office is coming up. Unfortunately, despite his many accomplishments, he will always be remembered as the only Commander-in-Chief to be forced out. 200 years from now, when he will only get a paragraph or two in an American History text, it will begin something like this: Richard M. Nixon, 37th POTUS, is the only American President in history to resign from office over Watergate.
This is the guy who wanted to shut down the Washington Post because he didn't like what they were reporting about him. So I guess the Constitution be damned!! He was a corrupt politician no matter how much you want to whitewash what he did!!
Nixon was known to have watched the film several times before ordering the 1970 bombing of Cambodia. He loved the film and recommending it to others. Imagine how history might've been changed if he'd binge watched "Beneath the Planet of the Apes," instead.
A very common misconception is that he had to resign due to the break in. THAT IS INCORRECT. He had to resign because he INTERFERED with the following investigations. Ironically if he never tried to stop it a lot of his close aid would go down but not him since they did not have direct evidence, where else they had direct evidence that he interfered in the investigation.
He also had to resign because he was facing an almost certain impeachment and conviction in the Senate. In the end, he only had two choices: either he resign or face conviction in the Senate impeachment trial. Had Nixon been convicted, he would've lost his lifetime pension which all former presidents receive after leaving office.
Nixon taped all his conversations on phones and elsewhere. Nixon was a smart man ! I was just a kid at the time,but I was spending the night at my grandparents and will never forget grandma making me come inside and watch this sad day in history, she said. I could careless about it,but I've never forgotten that night though either. We need a president like Nixon now ! Someone who actually reads and plans, not wait for someone else to read everything, and then brief the president about what is going on !
He COMPOSED AND ORCHESTRATED AND EXECUTED THE WATERBREAK BREAKIN! HIS CRIME HIS LIE HIS DENIAL OF ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CRIME COST 2 OTHER NIXON ADMIN.AIDS TO BE TRIED, CONVICTED @ IMPRISONED.🐎🐎🐎🇭🇲🇺🇸
As a dork who has read so many damn wonderful books covering Richard M. Nixon and having watched a shitload of Nixon documentaries, well, this was simply the best I have seen.
loverofbeers: 'Nixon documentaries, well, this was simply the best I have seen,' yes, so true for Nixon haters with no counterpoint to what he did relative to Russia and China.
@@danzan6951 Don't judge those you don't know. I am well aware and respectful of his best but won't whitewash his worst. His totality of life fascinates me. So don't be a troll. Converse with me if you wish, but acting the clown fails in conversation sir.
The biggest lesson "Never be petty, always remember, others may hate you but those who hate you don't win until you hate them back, then you destroy yourself"
The music from "Patton" (1970) was composed by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith. Nominated for Best Original Score. He would go on to earn a total of 18 Academy Award nominations, and one win for "The Omen" (1976). And now, back to our original program already in progress.
As far as civil right are concerned Nixon in my opinion was underrated, Affirmative Action, desegragation as president, and as president, Black Capitalism, lowering the voting age, appointing William H Brown III as chairman of the EEOC.
But any positives on civil rights pale to the incredible damage caused with the "Southern Strategy" he unveiled for '72. It has plagued us all through Reagan, the Bush's and into Trump. The clever way of putting a stop to social progress and emboldened racists to yell "state's rights" as a substitute for the N word. The short period of progress after the final removal of Jim Crow was halted in its tracks. The biggest obstacles to us becoming a fair society were the failure to finish Reconstruction, Plessey (the codeification of accepting segregation) and the Southern Strategy. A century and a half wasted! We should be so much further enlightened by now!
@Coolbread Rye "DYING OUT"! a "MYTH"! Have you ever been in AL or MS? Trump put the southern strategy on steroids! He doesn't bother with "dog whistles", he just blares racism through bullhorns. Do you think it's any accident that he says Andrew Jackson was his favorite president, the "go to" prez for all racists? He doesn't want Confederate traitor statues down. He has never condemned the batsh**t crazy "Q" people. A black friend of mine was offered $200 by the Trump campaign to stand behind him at a rally with a "Blacks for Trump" sign because they saw it was a total lily white audience. Btw, I always praised Nixon for advocating for universal health care (One of the central reasons Europe has handled Covid 8 times better than our country because they have it)and creating the EPA. And I think Nixon had a moment of conscience when he turned over the tapes. Does anybody think Trump would've hesitated for an instant to destroy them (or have Barr do it for him)? Racism is alive and well in Trumpworld and he's going to ride it as long as he can.
Coolbread Rye it’s not about skin color, it’s about enmity. The more you dislike Trump, the more you can hear his racist “dog whistles”. Strange that it’s Trump’s detractors rather than his supporters hearing all these secret messages supposedly meant for them, maybe he is “whistling” incorrectly?
@@carseye1219 I don't think S. Strategy was just republican if there was one. Biden considered Strom Thurmond as his closest friend and did his eulogy, in 72 Nixon won by a landslide. There was still Lester Maddox, and Byrde in the dems George Wallace ran at first as dem in 72. Barry Goldwater lost in 64. He was working on issue with Sammy Davis Jr before he was attacked for the hug. I think he was still working with Robert J. Brown and CORE.
I remember being in 9th grade having to listen to the court proceedings every single day in civics class. For those months you only have three television stations, there was no Escape. I am glad that you stated that he did do good because he did, thank you for adding that I also if not like Kissinger
Good journalism with areas of the film score of “Road to Prediction”, The narrator voice is soothing which makes it interesting to keep listening. Impressive!
Nixon made some pretty close friends with Brezhnev & the Chinese leadership when he first embarked on his 1972 trips to Moscow & Beijing. On the one hand, they taught Nixon to be an authoritarian & mimic their tactics but on the other hand, it did mean better relations & acknowledgement of the Soviet Union & China's place on the world stage.
Now I understand why he was very very confident in his answers, How eloquent he was in his debate, Each one of US has faults, But a nation has to be ruled by only those who competitively do study all the time during their reign, I would even state that any serious country has to have in the constitution a provision requiring head of state to be mentally capable to take any question relation to international Relations, A president must know in depth other nations capabilities in technology especially in military and economical edge, The era of leading by tricking opponents had had long gone,.
I worked for Nixon during the late 1980's as an intern with the development of his Presidential Library. He bitterly refused any federal money with the endeavor and in fact, was denied access to his presidential papers. He was very angry about that, which is understandable. He later made a comeback as an elder statesmen and wrote some really good books. His Watergate exhibit at the library was pretty bad though, it was later revamped after he died.
I've studied President Nixon for years. I was wondering how they were going to condense so much in a less than one-hour documentary. And I must say, I'm impressed. Someone who knew nothing about this president could get a very good survey of his life and political career from watching this video, as well as jot-down key topics for further study. DJ :)
We've had so many presidents since Nixon who have had absolutely no character. Nixon had character. I cast my first vote at 18 for him and I have never regretted it.
The Nixon story is so huge, it has its own orbit. The narrator and quirky music makes it feel like a gumshoe Saturday morning special. You guys make such amazing content, this one is a tad disappointing.
When you want to win at any cost you lose. He wasn't thinking clearly neither were the people who surrounded him.They definitely didn"t have his best interest. Someone in his circle should have been a true friend calling him by his name saying "Richard, with all respect, don't do this" even if it meant being fired. Everyone get caught up by saying "Mr. President." True friend should privately be able to call him by his name and even by a nickname without neither one of them thinking this is disrepectful.
In retrospect, Watergate was not that big of a deal at all. He ended the Vietnam War, he signed the first anti-nuclear missile treaty. Segregation in all 50 states ended under the Nixon Administration. For better or worse, he began affirmative action. In the long run, affirmative action was a bad decision, but he had good intentions with it. Despite Watergate, America was better off in August 1974 than it was in January 1969. Personally, I love President Nixon!
In the 90s I had old and I mean OLD neighbors, they'd been adults when WWII started, he served in the Navy in D-day and she had some interesting Depression stories like how they were poor themselves but devoted a day a week to feeding others, anyway, he'd had Nixon come around to his house, selling encyclopedias door to door. And I once won a bike race in Whittier, and did the Nixon two v-signs thing on the podium ... My older sis got into the national spelling bee and went to Washington and they were going to meet Nixon but had to settle for Spiro Agnew, and my dad brought back a really cool subversive Nixon coloring book. I loved that thing even if I didn't understand most of the humor.
I still do the victory gesture similar to Winston Churchill and Nixon. Make no mistake, Nixon had one lovely wife the mother of his daughters. Nixon had two daughters and son in laws who never worked in the white house. Nixon served during WWII.
He couldn't have been a bigger insider on paper, with all the years he spent in Washington as a legislator, senator, VP, and senior spokesperson before being elected president. Not to mention he wielded influence after resigning.
5:00 LBJ helicopter 10:00 détente. China 15:00 snobs. Vice-president. 1960 election. 30:00 opening to China 45:00 1973. Kissinger didn’t wake Nixon. Losing authority. I’m not a crook. Resigns 1974.
It's almost amazing how Nixon would have been easily re elected and be considered as one of the best cold war presidents if he wasn't so paranoid as to commission the Watergate break-in
He was unfortunately aware that he was denied his presidency in 1960 because Joseph Kennedy played the crooked card And got his buddies to fiddle the election results for his son to become.e president and not Nixon So Nixon was damaged goods Yet a much better man than any of the Kennedy mafia rubbish
Resign or be impeached, those were his choices. Ford then gave a Pardon with its imputation and confession of guilt implications. Dignity was not present
Luger Klaus watch his debates????? And speeches - The 70s era ‘s quite hippis , how come , But His’moral Ethic speeches in 1952-55, Always moral moral moral , a iming AT less moral means mean for him , isnt it, but thses era typically a President Labelled ‘ the people ‘ to copy ‘ , and gangs of mafia very active then if any White do steal nevermind??????
Awesome and very relevant to todays America as well. If you haven’t seen it I recommend Frost v. Nixon, Michael Sheen and Frank Langella are so perfect in their roles.
Nixon: "I'll give you a day off..." 😄 Sounds like my grandad back in the day, offering up to a whole dollar for painting his church campground cabin!🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪
You’re comment here after watching this documentary is exactor why this documentary is terrible. It’s precisely the conclusion they wanted people to walk away with uncritically.
You tube is such a fantastic medium that has a plethora of subjects that leaves no-one groping in the proverbial darkness without an answer, starting point or learning something new that leads to a new endeavour!! Whatever it is the genie is well and truly out of the bottle!!!!
Herrrrrs Jenie!!
I love how Prof. David Reynolds narrates documentaries. He enunciates each words so clearly, and with such a delightful British accent. A great storyteller.
Yes a very biased storyteller at that
@@michaelward944
I was kinda feeling that too. As if he was rubbing it in our faces.
Honestly thought he said, "End Korea fighting."
He's wonderful. Be sure to check out his documentary on Stalin, it's exceptional.
@@HolgerRuneFan Indeed as is his documentary on FDR as war time president.
Amazing to think that by today's standards Nixon's transgressions appear so tame.
Basically! 💯💯💯
Isn't that the truth🤔
How so? I mean he committed treason by intervening peace talks in Vietnam to affect an election. The only reason he was popular was because his opponent (Humphrey) wanted to see the war to victory while Nixon was promising to end it. When LBJ made the statement about making progress (peace talks with Vietnam and America) Nixon basically lost all of his popularity. So he promised Tho he would give him anything he wanted to pull out of peace talks. Arguably assuring the death of 800,000 people and continuing the war for 6 more years. Strange how many people don’t know this history. He was a traitor of the worst kind. Doesn’t seem so tame.
For real... lol. No president from either party would go down for that today.
Not sure why California changed
I'm Canadian, but American politics and history just fascinates me so much, great production, very good video.
Likewise... American politics are fascinating.
They are our brothers and sisters after all
@@TheBeggies95 very true
We are Canada's messy sibling 😹
Just a bunch of jesuit order and masonic order clowns fooling people, your country has them too, most everyone in politics has to be in the cult club in order to be in government.
Our governments are ran from occult cults, funny how "president" just means the head of a enterprise and not a king or ruler....
President is a cheap title of what is suppose to be a ruler lol.
He's a SAINT by today's comparison
Well, his IQ was easily 50 points above senile Joe, that's for sure. And I detested Nixon when he was in office. Looking back, I wish he was in office now.
@@HolgerRuneFan Thank God for Joe to remove Trump!
Ya, He was. He was nothing more than a paranoid, alcoholic, pill popping, closet case, wife beating psychopath. We definitely need more of his type in the White House.
They had to hide Pat Nixon he beat her so badly. He was taking ridiculous amounts of Dilantin on top of heavy drinking. Yep, a real charmer by today's standards. He was most likely a repressed Homosexual which added to his constant physical abuse to Pat and his paranoid behavior and his heavy drinking. Go do some research. It's right there in black and white.
@@jl3322; Yeah, right. America is worse off now than ever before with sleepy Joe in control.
@@jl3322 yea absolutely, thank god for the 40-year high inflation, thank god for gas at $5. Thank god for the chaos in Afghanistan. I mean you can’t deny that Biden’s administration is an absolute DISASTER. I would rather be still with trump than with this clown in the White House that has us living in misery. Like literally the worst.
RUclips is so awesome, I want a Nixon documentary, type his name in and bam there it is.
Imagine no RUclips. Like when I lived in China eccvh
I love and hate this platform at the same time. I love being able to just pull up a documentary whenever I want or a song but by the same token the platforms brought me a lot of bullying and death threats etc simply for being a Left winger...
@@kythrathesuntamer9715 lol
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The voice actor for Richard Nixon in this documentary is spot on.
Incredible that Kissinger is still alive! 98 years and still kickin
Sad!
Only the good die young....
HOLY SMOKES! Same age as my grandmama.
@@davidgormley7990 In case you haven't already found out for yourself...no one is good. Only God is good.
*Mark 10:18* "No one is good-except God alone."
*Psalm 14:3* "They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
In four months he'll be a 100 years old.
I like watching British documentaries on US history and politics. They don't come with the inherent bias of one political wing or another, they just seem more fair and balanced.
Gerald n no. I lean towards the left.
I'm not so sure, feralbear3615. FOX is very fair and balanced,. They say so themselves!
Robert Bobsky I'm no leftist and I'm not American, I'm Irish, but I find Fox News one of the bizarrest things to come out of America, I watch the likes of Hannity and its disturbing to think about the influence they have, Hannity is basically running the country, from the TV set and the fact he advises Trump.
The accent helps- documentaries are supposed to seem dispassionate. However, we know all about you and we have a view. Labour under Corbyn, the "Momentum" movement, is well to the left of any Democrat, including Sanders. The rank and file of Labour are Sanders, the Blairites and LibDems are left of centre Democrats, the Tories are "moderate" and rightwing "corporate" Democrats. Hillary Clinton in the UK would be a Tory in the centre of the party. Only UKIP are anything like the post-1980 Republicans and no-one votes for them after Brexit. Fox News is no longer available in the UK.
BTW, we are the most rightwing country in Western Europe, so most of your allies are utterly bemused by the American system.
Robert Bobsky Hmm maybe you'd like a rusty blumpkin?
Let's not forget that Nixon was trying to root out corruption in the FBI. Isn't that quaint.
Nixon was Soo corrupt he had be Screwed into the earth he was so crooked
More to come!!
Brb
I know little about Nixon. Could you recommend some books on the topic? Especially on him trying to root out corruption in the FBI.
Like how JFK was trying to root it out of the CIA. It sure never ends well.
Interesting. I know my dad didn’t like many politicians but he spoke very highly of Nixon. I didn’t know much but now as I learn more and more about him I think he was a decent man who really cared and was set up
That's why he got in trouble 😅
David Reynolds is just the best, brings a theatrical touch without being a dramatist. The Englanders are good at stuff like that, probably the best.
By today's standards, I'm like "what exactly did he do wrong again?"💀
Ya Obama did the same thing not a peep.
For a start, he sabotaged the 1968 peace talks, extending the Vietnam war by four years and costing the lives of 20,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Asians...so he could win the presidency.
@@paulkennedy6060 😆😆😆
REPUBLICONS HAVE LOWERED THE BAR AGAIN !!!
@@shayantamdas5059 Richard Ray Nixon ✊🏻
Most cogent analysis of Nixon online. I am of the generation that remembers exactly where and what I was doing when Nixon resigned, and have studied the man for years. This documentary nails it.
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Had he not resigned ... Nixon would have also been the 1st US President to go to prison. *Nixon broke the law at the highest level.*
@@jamespatterson6972 No, Ford could still have pardoned him after impeachment, I don't believe he would have ever served time.
@@nuqwestr Well, the real reason why Ford pardon Nixon is because he believed a trial would have torn this country apart. I disagree with Ford because of the huge amount of evidence against Nixon. The public would have saw the evidence and be convinced that Nixon truly broke the law. Most Americans back then had little to no knowledge of the crimes he committed. Nixon's cover up was truly egregious.
@@jamespatterson6972 I followed Watergate in real time, evidence of his crime was broadcast nightly, the public, at least the public that cared, had the information, and just wanted to move on, that's why Ford pardoned Nixon, and well done. Transcripts of the tapes were public. You make it sound like there was a "cover-up" after the base one was exposed? I hated Nixon, was of that age, but now look back and see many positive results from his two-terms. Jail would have sent a poor message to both our allies and enemies. Ford made the correct choice, perhaps his only one.
I remember when I was a kid and Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Golda Meïr and Moshe Dajan and some Vietnamese giys were on the news everyday.
With hindsight Henry Kissinger was right about communism.
Dude had his faults but the difference between him and any other 'statesman' is he got caught.
That true and is going the same thing today
Pepperoni Unicorn Other presidents were caught too but the press gave them a pass and the stories quickly faded away.
He deliberately sabotaged the peace process in Vietnam so he could get elected, but....ok.
Maybe, but he also lacked charm, and, as Jules said in the film Pulp Fiction, “...personality goes a long way...”
@@silvershocknicktail6638 Yes, just like Reagan interfered with the Iran hostage negotiations to win in 1981. Just like George Bush's brother threw 100's of thousands of Dem voters off the rolls in Florida in 2000.
Awesome documented video on water gate scandal and Nixon's presidential tenure . Although I heard this famous water gate scandal previously but it was not even a sketchy form . Your video is not only well documented but at the same time well illustrated . Thank you very much from India ( Calcutta)
One of my college professors lived with Nixon in college. They belonged to the same fraternity. He told us he was a work horse on trying to be straight A. He redid a few classes in order to graduate as a straight A student. He constantly carried different colored notebooks with him. Always writing down different ideas in them. He was asked why? It wasn't a diary thing it was idea journals. He felt his entire life he knew someday he'd do something 'great'. He felt incredible pressure because of it. Sadly when things got bad after college in private he developed a tremendous love at the end of the day for vodka. He drank like a fish in the end of his presidency n would walk the halls of the white house residence plastered drunk. My son was one of his body guards. He promised to get us out of Vietnam n six months later we invaded Cambodia too
"he knew he'd do something great"...he became a crook.
Yes I've seen a documentary and I agreed that Kissinger would often finish up what Nixon started. Kissinger said he was always drunk everyday and break even more in the days before he resigned
He also was taking sedatives along with the booze.
Talk to your son let him tell you how Nixon would give the Secret service the slip on many many occasions. Nixon and Jackie Gleeson were great friends. While your son was clueless Nixon showed Gleeson where Aliens were stored at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and showed Gleeson the bodies. This is one of the main reasons Nixon was slowly set up; based on his ego as bait. Disgraced versus assassination. Then as now the CIA calling all the behind the scenes shots. Presidents are nothing but front pawns with perks. Nixon had many reasons to be half shitfaced.
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i liked Nixon despite his flaws
he was a 100% correct when it came to the press
and media
You must be a Russian troll
@@treadlightlyorelse849 As Nixon would say to a brainless comment
like that Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger
you see one can only be angry with those he respects
The media are deeply entrenched in the left-wing, busily promoting all that is evil and godless.
Me too
Nixon was probably one of the most complex characters the US ever had for a president, he was a very multifaceted and conflicted man. It's difficult to find nonpartisan discussion on him anywhere inside the US, where the good, bad, and ugly can be hung out to dry without the usual drama, generalizations, and blindsides. This was pretty good, certainly levels ahead of a number of recent docudramas that have come out to coincide with anniversaries of his downfall.
When you realize the MSM has always told you what to think.
He was out for his self . period, just a self centered bastido
@@MikeJones-rk1un I mean, to some degree, but there is also so much partisanship in mainstream discussion that you can get an ok amalgamation from combining the mainstream outlets.
Nixon and Woodrow Wilson are the two Presidents I know of that are just all over the map
Richard Nixon was caught spying on his political enemies, but the real crime was the cover up, and he was brought down... Barack Obama and Joe Biden spied on their political enemy and then covered it up, but they were caught and nothing happened!! Your country is hopelessly corrupt!!
Referring to Kissinger as his Queen is the best thing I've heard in a while.
I believe that's a chess reference.
Hey Colin, it sure is hilarious to read these comments from 2,3,4 yrs ago about politician's, politics in general & see where we all are now. Yes, times change but this last President left a real stain in the underwear of America.
@@reilneid6436 America doesn’t wear underwear… we wear 100% USA Cotton panties
@@davideanes3425 made in China..
@@Kikokiki_ttbought in 4 easy payments
A model Machiavellian, floured mercurial and insecure to his core, yet driven by it.perfect traits for a leader looking for a legacy and immortality.
Or a prison cell
Blump has Narcissistic Personality Disorder in spades.
It's not that deep bro
Did he make mistakes? yes
Did he lie about things? yes
But Nixon owned up to it. History should cut him some slack. Especially compared to the Presidents and politicians today. By today's standards, i would hardly call him a crook, i would call him flawed, because what human isn't?
No, it really was criminal, so, he's a crook. Just because other people get away with it doesn't change that.
Nixon didn't lie. He just forgot to tell the truth.
He didn't own up to it. He said that although the things he did were illegal, his being the president made them legal.
Even Nixon would be embarrassed by where our country is now. "Person, woman, man, camera, TV."
Unfortunately it's just unbelievable how we've watched it get worse and worse. Dare I say Trump has made Nixon look almost normal, smh. I can't believe I've said that. ☺
@The Pilgrim I know enough to dismiss you as a honest source of information.
This man stands at the very base of the global economical problems today !!
@The Pilgrim perfectly discribed trump
No one's saying Biden is a saint either but whatever you seem to believe I can just tell you truly believe people love Biden but on the contrary. I truly believe people picked Biden to get rid of the circus.
Nixon was a professional crook that got caught.
Trump follows just behind Nixon.
Take away everything that happen through trumps presidency just look at who he pardoned 😂😂 that goes to show you CROOKED POWER NO MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU IDENTITY YOURSELF WITH
Hahahaha
I’ve always been amazed at how individuals rise to the highest position of power in America. Simply interesting.
By surrounding themselves with idiots
The belief that a human can he better than another. Also a belief in minorities and elites. Its all quite amusing.
because we pick elected officials the same way we choose underarm deodorants.
@@fingerprint5511 " a belief in minorities" Explain?
@@RideAcrossTheRiver whats to explain? If we would not believe one human is better than another, there would be no such thing as minorities. Or elites.
Im assuming you consider yourself a minority and finds his/her comment offensive. Hence the problem with society today.
Thanks!
That last assessment of our presidents was so simple and perfect. The unzipped part was brilliant 😂
Nixon betrayed the beliefs he supposedly stood for in the 1950s. It took Ronald Reagan to correct the decline in American moral authority by winning the Cold War that Nixon had allowed to continue through detente or appeasement of Communist regimes. Reynolds is totally wrong about Reagan.
Professor David Reynolds is such a good narrator and story teller! I love every documentary he is in!
Very well written and delivered. Sensitive, balanced and insightful. Nixon is a fascinating historical figure - ultimately, a tragic one, like his two immediate predecessors, but for different reasons.
Nice comment here and I have to wonder if my son will be watching something akin to this regarding Donald Trump in 20 or so years. Best wishes from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
@@DaveSCameron I don't think so. The Trump presidency was indeed tragic, but not in the Shakespearean sense. :) A measure of actual or potential greatness is required to be a tragic figure in that sense.
@@davidgoetz2576 Hey, appreciate your reply and I understand your point however I was thinking more in general terms, something akin to this diligent presenter and a less sensationalist and emotional docu. I love this chap, David Reynolds, style. 👍
We are literally redefining rock bottom every year. Happy new year right?
2022 Mid Terms will be a slaughter....
We?
@@gregsage4514 unfortunately yes. Regardless of affiliation, the representation is of a whole nation.
If history teaches us anything in the US, it's you have to be a moron to vote GOP.
@@F_ckAllTrumpVoters how's it feel, being part of the problem?
The tragedy is had he admitted his involvement in Watergate in the beginning he would have survived. Instead he chose to deny it and when exposed that cost him dearly.
Disagree. Historian Stephen Ambrose has spoken to that effect.The administration was involved far too deeply into nefarious activities, the most heinous being the Ellsberg break in. Investigations would have occurred anyway and discovered other crimes, Nixon was doomed.
@@rockintetster I wonder if he'd have been made to resign over the Ellsberg break-in and he'd even suggested Firebombing the Brookings Institute. There may have been other things. They are serious things but then again so is forcing a President to resign so maybe he could have apologized and no doubt been criticized again and again for it but not had to resign. Certainly if he had fessed up about the plumbers working for the White House (even if he didn't know in advance) then it would have been very damaging at the 1972 election. His staff could have brought up the Ellsberg break-in and the Brookings Institute suggestion and maybe he's have lost in 72. He was way ahead in the polls so I guess he'd probably still have won...just but there was no way he was going to risk losing that election when he felt it was so important for the nation that he win. What a mess. And it was so unnecessary.
Same with Clinton
May I just say... Apart from everything else that's great about this documentary, Professor Reynolds's presentation is outstanding. Few other people I've seen in documentaries are so interesting to watch and hear.
Funny. This has been on youtube for 2 years but it gets recommended to me now? I see you youtube.
Because you started watching similar videos dummy
40:50 Forrest Gump made the call that blew this case wide open.
Those lights were keeping him awake.
@@TX_BoomSlang lol
Haha just watched that movie for the first time the other night.
I was there! May 70...six months later...drafted...
Nam
@@AAG981 Vietnam
Wow did you have to go to Vietnam?
What an incredible presentation. No American scholar could have even equaled this.
NIxon is one of my favorite US president.
His decision on re-establishing diplomatic relationship with China is absolutely visionary, and one of THE most consequential decision of twentieth century period
So why are they our economic enemy today lol .
@@elik.webber7630 Put down the Trump Kool Aid. The world relies on the Chinese economy. China is not a economic enemy
@@elik.webber7630 they have literally made many Americans millionaires and even billionaires. Our country couldn't survive without those factories.
Nixon opened China (he often said that), Reagan made it possible for corporations to move there. Think of it; Nixon is "fighting communism in 'Nam" BUT...
There's another, more detailed and also very interesting Nixon documentary which closely examines his early formative years and his entire political career; "American Experience" 1990. It delves into what motivated this guy and how he came to his political end.
Thank you for the advice, I appreciate you dropping this detail into your response. Kind regards from Auckland, New Zealand.
The book Nixonland by Rick Perlstein is a great and interesting look at Nixon, especially the man's early years.
It also has an interesting anecdote from a man who was a friend of Nixon as a boy, the story was that Nixon wanted to trade a toy Hatchet/Tomahawk for a jar of Polywogs/Tadpoles that the friend had. After the friend refused and started to walk away? Nixon decided to bury the Hatchet, literally trying to bury the hatchet in the back of the other boy's head leaving a scar that would last the rest of his life.
@@MWhaleK Nixon reminds me of a few friends who were also a little extreme at times. None became a US President.
Thank you will watch
As an American I like to see it from another perspective. Thank you.
Actually United States Citizens are called Americans.
@Jaime Alonzo lmao ok buddy.
Canada=Canadian Bolivia =Bolivian Columbia=Columbian Brazil=Brazilian Mexico=Mexican United States of America =American. Comprende?
Jaime Alonzo United States owns America and the rest of the world as we know it
Jaime Alonzo What a pedantic hill to die on.
The greatest and most intelligent U.S. President ever. He may have had his struggles as all of us do. Nevertheless he always saw the bigger picture. China, Russia, cold war, Vietnam. Forget Watergate. This man was bigger than that.
The 50th anniversary of Nixon's forced resignation from office is coming up. Unfortunately, despite his many accomplishments, he will always be remembered as the only Commander-in-Chief to be forced out. 200 years from now, when he will only get a paragraph or two in an American History text, it will begin something like this: Richard M. Nixon, 37th POTUS, is the only American President in history to resign from office over Watergate.
I would argue Carter was smarter, but Nixon was obviously more impactful.
This is the guy who wanted to shut down the Washington Post because he didn't like what they were reporting about him. So I guess the Constitution be damned!! He was a corrupt politician no matter how much you want to whitewash what he did!!
He was good on Futurama
"The world will not be safe until" ads and advertisers are blocked from degrading programs on RUclips and elsewhere.
I agree 😂
Or Adblocker.
@RIDIN’ HIGH 5150 I never understood the massive push for that. Must be some kind of lobbying group pushing for rupaul
Love watching Documentaries by Professor David Reynolds. Glad to see he is publishing contemporary history. His WW1 series was excellent.
What was the name of his ww1 series? I’m new to his documentaries but I’m enjoying this one immensely and would love to see more
The long shadow
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19:17
The music is Patton's theme from the movie Patton by composer Jerry Goldsmith
in case any one is wondering.
It was riveting music.
Good ear. Good movie.
There for a while, Jerry Goldsmith was the composer for everything. He wrote some beautiful themes.
Nixon was known to have watched the film several times before ordering the 1970 bombing of Cambodia. He loved the film and recommending it to others. Imagine how history might've been changed if he'd binge watched "Beneath the Planet of the Apes," instead.
Anyone know what song plays from 22:16 ?
A very common misconception is that he had to resign due to the break in. THAT IS INCORRECT.
He had to resign because he INTERFERED with the following investigations. Ironically if he never tried to stop it a lot of his close aid would go down but not him since they did not have direct evidence, where else they had direct evidence that he interfered in the investigation.
He also had to resign because he was facing an almost certain impeachment and conviction in the Senate. In the end, he only had two choices: either he resign or face conviction in the Senate impeachment trial. Had Nixon been convicted, he would've lost his lifetime pension which all former presidents receive after leaving office.
Nixon taped all his conversations on phones and elsewhere. Nixon was a smart man ! I was just a kid at the time,but I was spending the night at my grandparents and will never forget grandma making me come inside and watch this sad day in history, she said. I could careless about it,but I've never forgotten that night though either. We need a president like Nixon now ! Someone who actually reads and plans, not wait for someone else to read everything, and then brief the president about what is going on !
I'm sure that's why a lot of leaders let their close aids be thrown under the bus, lest their loyalty should lead to their own downfall.
@@broadstreet21 how come you can use lest. in a sentence. But you can t spell aides. What state are y all from
He COMPOSED AND ORCHESTRATED AND EXECUTED THE WATERBREAK BREAKIN! HIS CRIME HIS LIE HIS DENIAL OF ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CRIME COST 2 OTHER NIXON ADMIN.AIDS TO BE TRIED, CONVICTED @ IMPRISONED.🐎🐎🐎🇭🇲🇺🇸
As a dork who has read so many damn wonderful books covering Richard M. Nixon and having watched a shitload of Nixon documentaries, well, this was simply the best I have seen.
loverofbeers: 'Nixon documentaries, well, this was simply the best I have seen,' yes, so true for Nixon haters with no counterpoint to what he did relative to Russia and China.
Your not a dork. A lover of history told correctly.
@@brianmcghee3597 Cheers sir.
@@danzan6951 Don't judge those you don't know. I am well aware and respectful of his best but won't whitewash his worst. His totality of life fascinates me. So don't be a troll. Converse with me if you wish, but acting the clown fails in conversation sir.
@@loverofbeers ; stop acting like a candy assed liberal clown yourself.
Nixon was before my time but I can sympathize with him. We are kindred spirits. And I like his take no prisoners' attitude.
a documentary that at least tries to see both sides. very rare nowadays. thank you for that.
greetings from germany :)
When it comes to mesmerizing, magnetic narrative skill, you have the knack. Your voice held my interest, spellbound.
The biggest lesson "Never be petty, always remember, others may hate you but those who hate you don't win until you hate them back, then you destroy yourself"
The music from "Patton" (1970) was composed by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith. Nominated for Best Original Score. He would go on to earn a total of 18 Academy Award nominations, and one win for "The Omen" (1976). And now, back to our original program already in progress.
Nixon was a lot better than what we have now leading this country .
Sadly 😔
David Reynolds is about the best we've got...
As far as civil right are concerned Nixon in my opinion was underrated, Affirmative Action, desegragation as president, and as president, Black Capitalism, lowering the voting age, appointing William H Brown III as chairman of the EEOC.
But any positives on civil rights pale to the incredible damage caused with the "Southern Strategy" he unveiled for '72. It has plagued us all through Reagan, the Bush's and into Trump. The clever way of putting a stop to social progress and emboldened racists to yell "state's rights" as a substitute for the N word. The short period of progress after the final removal of Jim Crow was halted in its tracks. The biggest obstacles to us becoming a fair society were the failure to finish Reconstruction, Plessey (the codeification of accepting segregation) and the Southern Strategy. A century and a half wasted! We should be so much further enlightened by now!
@Coolbread Rye "DYING OUT"! a "MYTH"! Have you ever been in AL or MS? Trump put the southern strategy on steroids! He doesn't bother with "dog whistles", he just blares racism through bullhorns. Do you think it's any accident that he says Andrew Jackson was his favorite president, the "go to" prez for all racists? He doesn't want Confederate traitor statues down. He has never condemned the batsh**t crazy "Q" people. A black friend of mine was offered $200 by the Trump campaign to stand behind him at a rally with a "Blacks for Trump" sign because they saw it was a total lily white audience. Btw, I always praised Nixon for advocating for universal health care (One of the central reasons Europe has handled Covid 8 times better than our country because they have it)and creating the EPA. And I think Nixon had a moment of conscience when he turned over the tapes. Does anybody think Trump would've hesitated for an instant to destroy them (or have Barr do it for him)? Racism is alive and well in Trumpworld and he's going to ride it as long as he can.
Coolbread Rye it’s not about skin color, it’s about enmity. The more you dislike Trump, the more you can hear his racist “dog whistles”. Strange that it’s Trump’s detractors rather than his supporters hearing all these secret messages supposedly meant for them, maybe he is “whistling” incorrectly?
@@carseye1219 I don't think S. Strategy was just republican if there was one. Biden considered Strom Thurmond as his closest friend and did his eulogy, in 72 Nixon won by a landslide. There was still Lester Maddox, and Byrde in the dems George Wallace ran at first as dem in 72. Barry Goldwater lost in 64. He was working on issue with Sammy Davis Jr before he was attacked for the hug. I think he was still working with Robert J. Brown and CORE.
I remember being in 9th grade having to listen to the court proceedings every single day in civics class. For those months you only have three television stations, there was no Escape. I am glad that you stated that he did do good because he did, thank you for adding that I also if not like Kissinger
Honestly today's politicians can learn from Richard Nixon. The good and the bad.
Politics is a dirty game something Nixon knew all too well
Good journalism with areas of the film score of “Road to Prediction”, The narrator voice is soothing which makes it interesting to keep listening.
Impressive!
Nixon made some pretty close friends with Brezhnev & the Chinese leadership when he first embarked on his 1972 trips to Moscow & Beijing. On the one hand, they taught Nixon to be an authoritarian & mimic their tactics but on the other hand, it did mean better relations & acknowledgement of the Soviet Union & China's place on the world stage.
I remember my parents making me sit down and watch when Nixon stepped off the plane in China first US president to do so
Nixon was to arrogant to mimic them.
“Clinton: A Presidency Unzipped” absolutely demolished me lmfao
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Now I understand why he was very very confident in his answers, How eloquent he was in his debate, Each one of US has faults, But a nation has to be ruled by only those who competitively do study all the time during their reign, I would even state that any serious country has to have in the constitution a provision requiring head of state to be mentally capable to take any question relation to international Relations, A president must know in depth other nations capabilities in technology especially in military and economical edge, The era of leading by tricking opponents had had long gone,.
I worked for Nixon during the late 1980's as an intern with the development of his Presidential Library. He bitterly refused any federal money with the endeavor and in fact, was denied access to his presidential papers. He was very angry about that, which is understandable. He later made a comeback as an elder statesmen and wrote some really good books. His Watergate exhibit at the library was pretty bad though, it was later revamped after he died.
What was it like working for him? What did you make of the man?
I read Nixon's first book, "Six Crises" as a kid. Really enjoyed it.
Did you like him as a person? You leave a lot to be desired with this comment
@@sassycat6487 Yes I did like him! Thanks!
Clinton, Presidency Unzipped. That cracked me up!
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Nixon was the greatest president we ever had followed by Johnson, Ford, Bush 41, and Bush 43 🙂.
@@evilmadness8052 An underrated President. He made the world a safer place by detente' with China, the then Soviet Union.
@@Elainerulesutube Not safer for Vietnamese and Cambodians. But those are not counted, right?
@@olitalty2159 No safer for them, but they are counted nonetheless.
I've studied President Nixon for years. I was wondering how they were going to condense so much in a less than one-hour documentary. And I must say, I'm impressed. Someone who knew nothing about this president could get a very good survey of his life and political career from watching this video, as well as jot-down key topics for further study. DJ :)
05:33 - Sometimes I'll rewatch this just for this moment. :-)
We've had so many presidents since Nixon who have had absolutely no character. Nixon had character. I cast my first vote at 18 for him and I have never regretted it.
The Nixon story is so huge, it has its own orbit. The narrator and quirky music makes it feel like a gumshoe Saturday morning special. You guys make such amazing content, this one is a tad disappointing.
I like him. He had balls and guts.
If things whould have been a little differnt he could have been loved.......
When you want to win at any cost you lose. He wasn't thinking clearly neither were the people who surrounded him.They definitely didn"t have his best interest.
Someone in his circle should have been a true friend calling him by his name saying "Richard, with all
respect, don't do this"
even if it meant being fired. Everyone get caught up by saying "Mr. President." True friend should privately be able to call him by his name and even by a nickname without neither one of them thinking this is disrepectful.
He did have people tell him not to. Including Hoover. He did it anyway because he was paranoid.
In retrospect, Watergate was not that big of a deal at all. He ended the Vietnam War, he signed the first anti-nuclear missile treaty. Segregation in all 50 states ended under the Nixon Administration. For better or worse, he began affirmative action. In the long run, affirmative action was a bad decision, but he had good intentions with it. Despite Watergate, America was better off in August 1974 than it was in January 1969. Personally, I love President Nixon!
He took us off the GOLD STANDARD in 1971 August. Are you daft? Like the economy now knucklehead?
Poor Chad, an utterly fool
to represent all mindless americans.!!!!
He was corrupt and a habitual liar.
Power corrupts; regrettably in this case, his mental state.
Well done. Thank you.
The narrator definitely has fun with these
The best documentary I have ever watched
Excellent. Not what I expected. 🔥
In the 90s I had old and I mean OLD neighbors, they'd been adults when WWII started, he served in the Navy in D-day and she had some interesting Depression stories like how they were poor themselves but devoted a day a week to feeding others, anyway, he'd had Nixon come around to his house, selling encyclopedias door to door.
And I once won a bike race in Whittier, and did the Nixon two v-signs thing on the podium ...
My older sis got into the national spelling bee and went to Washington and they were going to meet Nixon but had to settle for Spiro Agnew, and my dad brought back a really cool subversive Nixon coloring book. I loved that thing even if I didn't understand most of the humor.
I still do the victory gesture similar to Winston Churchill and Nixon. Make no mistake, Nixon had one lovely wife the mother of his daughters. Nixon had two daughters and son in laws who never worked in the white house. Nixon served during WWII.
Any programme with David Reynolds narrating its a master class !
He was on a Presidential ticket 5 times - 52, 56, 60, 68, 72.
1:20- "...a man who REMAINED a perpetual outsider."
If a person is something perpetually, doesn't it go without saying that he remains that thing?
He’s dead. Past tense...
He couldn't have been a bigger insider on paper, with all the years he spent in Washington as a legislator, senator, VP, and senior spokesperson before being elected president. Not to mention he wielded influence after resigning.
Thank you🙏 Time Line History Documentaries.
He was ahead of his times.
Brilliant as usual . Not to be missed . If only Shakespeare were a contemporary what a play he would have penned , NIXON .
I don't think Shakespeare would have bothered with a pissant like Nixon
5:00 LBJ helicopter
10:00 détente. China
15:00 snobs. Vice-president. 1960 election.
30:00 opening to China
45:00 1973. Kissinger didn’t wake Nixon. Losing authority. I’m not a crook. Resigns 1974.
David Reynolds is Great I always watch his stuff
To this day since, nobody, not anyone has surpassed his ability to see the correct course.
Professor David Reynolds is my favorite teacher. Watch his other documentaries - the one he did on Stalin is particularly good.
@5:39 I live in East Texas and I can confirm that was a perfect line read
Not the accent, just the swagger
@@ethanomcbride He wasn't lying.
Very well put together!
I can hardly wait for your doc on LBJ
Love this channel! Keep up the great work!!!
My viewpoint of Nixon has shifted enormously now that I am 64 years old. He was the best man at his time.
It's almost amazing how Nixon would have been easily re elected and be considered as one of the best cold war presidents if he wasn't so paranoid as to commission the Watergate break-in
Watergate was just the tip of an iceberg. he and his subordinates had been running a criminal organization from the white house.
He was unfortunately aware that he was denied his presidency in 1960 because Joseph Kennedy played the crooked card
And got his buddies to fiddle the election results for his son to become.e president and not Nixon
So Nixon was damaged goods
Yet a much better man than any of the Kennedy mafia rubbish
Cover it up, not commission it.
His paranoia is wild. He tanked his career for an election where he genuinely demolished his opponent.
He may have been a criminal but he had the dignity to resign. Encouraging sedition because your fragile ego cannot accept defeat is way way worse.
I thought he was forced to resign?
Because he was going to prison. He made a deal with Ford to pardon him.
@@hardsam68 Pretty sure he was told that Congress would not support him which left only one option.
Resign or be impeached, those were his choices. Ford then gave a Pardon with its imputation and confession of guilt implications. Dignity was not present
Nobody encouraged sedition fool
I love the soundtrack to this video road to perdition and from Russia with love one of my favorite bond films
Road to Perdition? I thought I detected the soundtrack from Patton.
@@currencylad7125 You did!
One of the Greatest, most misunderstood Prez we ever had!
Luger Klaus watch his debates????? And speeches - The 70s era ‘s quite hippis , how come , But His’moral Ethic speeches in 1952-55, Always moral moral moral , a iming AT less moral means mean for him , isnt it, but thses era typically a President Labelled ‘ the people ‘ to copy ‘ , and gangs of mafia very active then if any White do steal nevermind??????
I love everything David Reynolds does, he is most excellent
27:25 Ok, I like Nixon ever so slightly more for this, lolol.
Nixon never said that, It's a Soviet joke about their misgivings concerning the Chinese
Fitting that everything to like about Nixon is something made up about him.
Awesome and very relevant to todays America as well. If you haven’t seen it I recommend Frost v. Nixon, Michael Sheen and Frank Langella are so perfect in their roles.
Absolutely! 💯💯💯
Totally agree. Fantastic movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely the most fascinating political figure in American politics. Stately, Stiff, Serious, Ruthless, Patriotic, Intelligent, Cunning.
Nixon: "I'll give you a day off..." 😄 Sounds like my grandad back in the day, offering up to a whole dollar for painting his church campground cabin!🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪
A top man, far from perfect (just like any other human being), but a fighter and champion nonetheless.
Yeah what's wrong with using CIA agents to burglarize your political adversaries
@darryl runnels proof ?? 😆
darryl runnels whataboutism-what are you, a Communist, boy?
You’re comment here after watching this documentary is exactor why this documentary is terrible. It’s precisely the conclusion they wanted people to walk away with uncritically.
Excellent and well done. I grew up with Nixon’s years living just outside of DC.
Then you should know that the aliens force him to resign