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A June 1972 break-in to the Democratic National Committee headquarters led to an investigation that revealed multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration.

The Watergate scandal began early in the morning of June 17, 1972, when several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. This was no ordinary robbery: The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents. Nixon took aggressive steps to cover up the crimes, but when Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein revealed his role in the conspiracy, Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. The Watergate scandal changed American politics forever, leading many Americans to question their leaders and think more critically about the presidency.

The events of Watergate read like a political thriller – dirty tricks, government surveillance, and sabotage … much of it secretly caught on tape. It is a story that touches on Vietnam, the unrest of the 1960s, a near World War, the opening of China, and the moment when an unlikely group of heroes from both political parties band together and bring down the White House.  Continue reading from the History Channel 

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Link to King Richard: Nixon and Watergate in the catalog
Link to Watergate: A New History in the catalog
Link to Frost/Nixon in the catalog
Link to The White House Plumbers in the catalog
Link to Scorpions' Dance in the catalog
Link to In Nixon's Web in the catalog
Link to Blind Ambition in the catalog
Link to A G-Man's Life by Mark Felt and John O'Connor in Hoopla
Link to All the President's Men (film) in the catalog
Link to The Fall of Richard Nixon by Tom Brokaw in the catalog
Link to In the Arena by Richard Nixon in the catalog
Link to Born Again by Charles W. Colson in Hoopla
Link to Nixon and Kissinger by Robert Dallek in the catalog
Link to Washington Journal by Elizabeth Drew in Hoopla
Link to Shadow by Bob Woodward in the catalog
Link to The Nixon Tapes by Douglas Brinkley and Luke Nichter in Freading
Link to The Last of the President's Men by Bob Woodward in the catalog
Link to Frost / Nixon (film) in the catalog
Link to Frost and Nixon (film) in the catalog
Link to Mark Felt (film) in the catalog
Link to Watergate: A Novel by Thomas Mallon in the catalog
Link to The Watergate Girl by Jill Wine-Banks in the catalog

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