The President’s Man

The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide

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 acupuncture in a Chinese hospital to the Watergate scandal, and concludes with startling new insights and conclusions about the break-in that brought down Nixon’s presidency.

Praise

“The President’s Man is an engaging and provocative look at the Nixon presidency written by Dwight Chapin, someone with a unique experience in the Nixon White House.”
— Henry A. Kissinger

“Dwight Chapin’s The President’s Man is the book we’ve been waiting 50 years for. Rarely in U.S. history has someone spent so much time with a president and lived to write about it. Filled with new details on every page and beautifully written, it will force us to reassess Richard Nixon yet again. It is sure to become an instant classic on the era!
— Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter, historians and authors of The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 and The Nixon Tapes: 1973

“In a revealing and deeply personal volume, Dwight Chapin has penned the ultimate ‘draw back the curtain’ on the presidency of Richard Nixon.”
— Karl Rove

“This book sheds a unique, interesting light on one of our most complicated and effective presidents. Because of Watergate, few people recall that Nixon was historically popular and remarkably successful. Anyone who cares about American history and politics should readThe President's Man.”
— Newt Gingrich

“As the Watergate era passes into history, the voices of most key players now stilled, Dwight Chapin — a loyal and discreet member of Richard Nixon's inner circle before and after he captured the White House — emerges with an intimate and insightful memoir that students of the era never imagined we would see. With its eyewitness account of critical events, many previously undisclosed, The President’s Man brings to life the extraordinary cast of characters of that tumultuous time: Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Kissinger, John and Martha Mitchell, and, of course, the late president himself. Dwight Chapin's unsparing recollections make a significant addition to the literature of the Nixon administration and to the annals of the postwar presidency.”
— James Rosen