H. R. Haldeman
ASIN: B01JMA55Y4
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 368
Watergate … a disaster without parallel in Presidential history.The greatest political scandal of American history, Watergate brought an administration to its knees - and plunged a nation into crisis. At 02:30 on June 17, 1972, five men — equipped with sophisticated burglary and wiretap equipment — were caught breaking in to DNC Headquarters in the Watergate complex. Only when this “small crime” had blossomed into a crisis did the senior echelons of the White House begin to fully address it, including Nixon’s Chief of Staff, Bob Haldeman.Despite ending US involvement in Vietnam, bringing POWs home and making diplomatic inroads with China and the USSR, the shadow of Watergate was hovering over them. Even as they sought to contain the damage, systematic abuses of the presidency were revealed: it was a road that would end with numerous top-tier indictments and incarcerations.The Ends of ...