Watergate

A Brief History with Documents

• Author(s): Stanley I. Kutler,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 232
• ISBN_10: 1444318314
  ISBN_13: 9781444318319
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / 20th Century , History / General ,

Description:...

The second edition of Watergate: A Brief History with Documents presents a collection of relevant historic documents from Nixon's acceptance speech at the 1968 Republican National Convention to his 1974 pardon.

• Includes transcripts of recently-released Watergate tapes that reveal Nixon's thoughts and reactions to events as they unfolded, and that deal with the identity of the anonymous source known as 'Deep Throat'.
• Uses the crisis to explain how American politics and law work and provides an indication of the way the country may handle future crises
• Provides brief summaries of what happened to various Watergate participants
• Covers the entire span of time from Nixon's 1968 acceptance speech at the RNC until his pardon in 1974