{"product_id":"9780063074736","title":"The President's Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn time for the 50\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAide to the President:\u003c\/b\u003e From the \"kick around anymore\" speech to private moments in the Oval Office, Dwight Chapin shares what it was like to be at Richard Nixon’s side for ten tumultuous years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNixon’s Historic Trip to China:\u003c\/b\u003e Go behind the scenes of the groundbreaking mission to open China, working alongside H.R. Haldeman and Henry Kissinger to change the course of the Cold War.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Truth About Watergate:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover startling new conclusions about the break-in that brought down a presidency, from the man who went to prison for a scandal he had no part in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Complex Portrait of Richard Nixon:\u003c\/b\u003e An intimate, insider’s view of one of America’s most enigmatic presidents, revealing the man behind the headlines—from his political genius to his epic downfall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dwight Chapin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101837148309,"sku":"9780063074736","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780063074736.jpg?v=1776887849","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780063074736","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}