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We've come to expect high-caliber quality from PBS' "American Experience" series, and its treatment here of the ex-president meets the standard. The documentary, intelligent and probing, takes us from Nixon's birth in 1913 in Yorba Linda, Calif., to his final departure from the White House Aug. 9, 1974. In between, we get an extraordinarily concise portrait of a man of still-inexplicable contrasts, his political genius and undisputable intellect undermined by a deep character flaw of petty resentments ...
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Richard M. Nixon, loved, hated, misunderstood. The masterfully researched, edited, and narrated American Experience documentary paints a three dimensional picture of the good and the bad of America's most controversial President. The presentation is unbiased and reveals a great deal about the pained inner-workings of the mind of a man who was no stranger to power. Nixon changed the world--and his men enabled him. I have been inspired to learn all I can about the man since viewing the 3-hour video. ...
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