Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner compellingly describes the rise and fall of Richard Nixon. He cites Nixon's secret meetings in the Oval Office, including those with Henry Kissinger, based on audio recordings from the White House and other explosive documents that have only recently become available. Lies, paranoia, and bribery - under Richard Nixon, the United States experienced the most catastrophic presidency in its history. The lost Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal became symbols of his administration. Weiner takes a behind-the-scenes look at the major politics during the Cold War, vividly recounting Nixon's meetings with Mao and Brezhnev, and reveals what Nixon really thought about German Chancellor Willy Brandt and the policy of détente. For the German edition, Tim Weiner wrote a separate chapter on Brandt and Nixon.