Overview: Considers the impact of the Nixon scandal on race, partisanship, and the rise of the far-right in the United States.Contextualizes Nixon‘s corruption by reviewing other presidents, including Grant, Ha.This book examines the Nixon presidency, reviews the events surrounding Watergate and the President’ resignation, and unpacks the effects of Watergate on our politics and public attitudes about the political process. Genovese, a prolific scholar of the American presidency who has published three previous books on Nixon and Watergate, argues that the roots of modern political dysfunction
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