About the Program
Jeffrey Frank, former senior editor at the New Yorker, recounts the personal and working relationship between President Dwight Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. The author reports that Nixon constantly sought Eisenhower's approval while Eisenhower was unsure of Nixon's ability to assume the presidency. Jeffrey Frank discusses his book with Tim Naftali, former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum at the Goethe-Instuit in Los Angeles.