Watergate (TRIH ep 106, part 1)
1972 · Resource
This episode (part 1 of a two-part discussion) examines Richard Nixon’s background, character and the origins of the Watergate scandal. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Nixon’s upbringing, outsider sensibility, political rise and policy achievements — including détente and opening relations with China — while emphasising his psychological grievances and paranoia.
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Around 1972
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)