Watergate A Brief History with Documents

The second edition of Watergate: A Brief History withDocuments presents a collection of relevant historic documentsfrom Nixon's acceptance speech at the 1968 Republican NationalConvention to his 1974 pardon. Includes transcripts of recently-released Watergate tapes thatreveal Nixon’s thoughts and reactions to events as theyunfolded, and that deal with the identity of the anonymous sourceknown as ‘Deep Throat’. Uses the crisis to explain how American politics and law workand provides an indication of the way the country may handle futurecrises Provides brief summaries of what happened to various Watergateparticipants Covers the entire span of time from Nixon's 1968 acceptancespeech at the RNC until his pardon in 1974