The legacy of Watergate and the Nixon presidency

• Verfasst von: Genovese, Michael A. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The legacy of Watergate and the Nixon presidency
• Titelzusatz: Nixon's curse
• Verf.angabe: Michael A. Genovese
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 142 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: The evolving American presidency
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-3-031-43474-7
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Genovese, Michael A.: The legacy of Watergate and the Nixon presidency. - Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, 2023. - xi, 142 Seiten
• Sach-SW: Affaire Watergate, 1972-1974
• Sach-SW: Affaire Watergate, 1972-1974 - Influence
• Sach-SW: Pouvoir exécutif - États-Unis
• Geograph. SW: États-Unis - Politique et gouvernement - 1969-1974
• K10plus-PPN: 1878211110
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Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Rise and Presidency of Richard Milhous Nixon -- Nixon on the Public Stage -- What Manner of Man? -- Child is Father to the Man -- Nixon in the White House -- Organizing Power -- Nixon's Staff -- Nixon's Cabinet -- Foreign and Defense Policy -- Vietnam as Root of All Evil -- Vietnamization -- The War Spreads: Cambodia and Beyond -- U.S.-Soviet Relations -- The Road to (and from) Détente -- Opening Doors to China -- Conclusion -- 3 The Watergate Crisis -- The 1972 Landslide -- The Roots of Watergate -- Cambodia: Nixon Turns Up the Heat -- The War at Home -- Plugging Leaks -- The Wiretaps -- The Huston Plan -- The Pentagon Papers -- The Plumbers -- Dirty Money -- Dirty Tricks -- The Break-In -- The Cover-Up Begins -- Uncovering the Cover-Up -- All Fall Down -- The Ervin Committee -- The House Faces Impeachment -- The Ongoing Battle for the Tapes -- The Resignation -- The Pardon -- 4 Nixon's Curse: A Nation Divided Against Itself -- Presidential Corruption -- Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) -- Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) -- Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974) -- Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989) -- William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001) -- Donald J. Trump (2017-2021) -- "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" -- Watergate, and the Vagaries of Modern Democracy -- The Legacy of Watergate: A New Path -- Remembering, Misremembering, and Learning -- Conclusion -- The Road to January 6 -- Index.