Raised by a family with modest means in a childhood beset by tragedy, Nixon learned early to recognize opportunity where he could and how to seize it.

In a devastating defeat, Nixon lost one of the closest presidential elections in US history to JFK. In 1968, Nixon sensed an opportunity for a comeback.

After a great political comeback, Nixon realized his survival hinged on a key promise: to end the Vietnam War. The president suspects a conspiracy against him.

Nixon was re-elected in a landslide, but shortly into his second term, the cover-up of a DNC Headquarters break-in at the Watergate complex began to fall apart.