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2-24-14

The Unmaking of a President: Rethinking Watergate at Forty [VIDEO]


It has been forty years since the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency (the exact anniversary of his resignation is August 9.) To mark the event, the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association hosted a panel dedicated to scandal.

The speakers are David Greenberg (Rutgers), Beverly Gage (Yale), Ken Hughes (UVa), Mark Nevin (Ohio University) and Katherine Scott (U.S. Senate Historical Office).

Further Reading

Ken Hughes: LBJ Thought Nixon Committed Treason to Win the 1968 Election