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. O 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'. O Uses the crisis to explain how American politics and law work and provides an indication of the way the country may handle future crises O Provides brief summaries of what happened to various Watergate participants O Covers the entire span of time from Nixon's 1968 acceptance speech at the RNC until his pardon in 1974
Acknowledgments The Cast of Characters Introduction Watergate: A Brief History 1. Richard Nixon: At Work and in His Own Words Acceptance Speech: 1968 The Personality of the President The Man on Top 2. The White House Horrors Plumbers and Enemies 3. The Watergate Break-In The Burglary The Role of the President's Campaign Committee What Did the White House Know? The White House Reacts: Private and Public Comment 4. Cover-Up! The White House Responds The Smoking Gun : Using the CIA The Money Trail Stonewalling and Perjury 5. The Conspiracy Unravels: Judge Sirica, the Ellsberg Case, the Senate, and the Special Prosecutor Fatal White House Leaks Sirica and McCord Defections: Dean and Magruder The Ellsberg Case Nixon Responds The President and His Men: Taped Conversations, February-April 1973 Haldeman and Ehrlichman Resign The Special Prosecutor The Special Prosecutor: Nixon's Reaction The Special Prosecutor Takes Over Senate Select Committee: John Dean Senate Select Committee: Ehrlichman and Haldeman Senate Select Committee: Revelation of the Tapes 6. The Tapes and the Saturday Night Massacre The Battle for the Tapes The President Retreats October: The Cruelest Month The Saturday Night Massacre The President Succumbs The New Special Prosecutor The 181/2-Minute Tape Gap 7. The Final Agony: Impeachment, Resignation, Pardon Nixon Embattled The Impeachment Inquiry U.S. v. Nixon Resignation The Pardon Appendix Watergate Special Prosecution Force Criminal Actions Final Report, 1975 Bibliographical Note
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