The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon

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The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon

Author: Stanley I. Kutler
Publisher: Mary Norton Kratt
Copyright: 1990
Pages: 776
Cover Price: $ 19.95

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A big powerhouse of a book, one crackling with suspense and filled with insight into the origins, the unfolding, and the consequences of perhaps the gravest political and constitutional crisis in our history.-Michael E Parrish, San Diego Union

Stanley I. Kutler is E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions at the University of Wisconsin and author of several books on American constitutional history. This volume discusses Watergate, the crisis that ended Richard Nixon's term as President.

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Background Information

Written off as a factor in national politics after losing the California governorship in 1962, Richard Nixon rebuilt his reputation, gained the nomination and won the election in 1968. The Watergate scandal began as a botched burglary of the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate complex in 1968.