Watergate: The Hidden History: Nixon, the Mafia, and the CIA

by Lamar Waldron

Book Overview

While Richard Nixon's culpability for Watergate has long been established--most recently by PBS in 2003--what's truly remarkable that after almost forty years, conventional accounts of the scandal still don't address Nixon's motive. Why was President Nixon willing to risk his reelection with so many repeated burglaries at the Watergate--and other Washington offices--in just a few weeks? What motivated Nixon to jeopardize his presidency by ordering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582438137
• ISBN13: 9781582438139
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"