Frost/Nixon: Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Interviews

Having watched the interview many years ago, it was interesting to get an idea of what the two were thinking. It was a sad event in history, but interesting to have a full view from both sides. John A. Jago, Jr.

I recently saw the "Frost/Nixon" movie (more on that later), which caused me to seek out this book. This book is quite a curiosity in a way, in the sense that David Frost wrote this in 2007, after the "Frost/Nixon" play had become a hit on stage in London's West End and on Broadway, and that the play was being made into a high-profile movie. "Frost/Nixon: Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Interviews" (384 pages) is really two... Read Full Review

What are the words that describe this man? Mysterious. Illusive. Battling demons beyond scope. Criminal? No, we're not talking about forty three here, but a predecessor from the same political party that managed nearly to destroy the Presidency by creating one of the greatest Constitutional crises in our current history. Richard M. Nixon, much vilified, rarely understood, now almost a caricature of himself; a president that... Read Full Review

An excellent transcript and narrative of David Frost's interviews with President Richard Nixon. The author keeps an interesting flow while detailing all the behind the scenes activity of the production teams and Nixon's frame of mind during the process.

Frost never quite comes out and says it, but it is clear reading the book that Nixon ultimately won. Nixon didn't "win" in the interview with Frost, but Nixon's paranoid views and his belief in unlimited presidential authority have prevailed. Things that Nixon said in the interviews that were considered outrageous in 1977 are now the mainstream position of the Republican party. Definitely a must-read to find out how we... Read Full Review