Category: Watergate Scandal

The film The Post can be deemed historically accurate to a large extent due to it staying true to the actual events that occurred in 1971. Even though some crearive freedom was taken to make it more entertaining, the movie encompasses the story and to a large degree tells it accurately. The movie’s plot is…

The campaign against Hubert Humphrey, and the campaign against Kennedy, who by the time of the time piece had already been assassinated, further represent an important turning point in Nixons life and political career. Before the 1960 election, making use of petty, quasi-illegal dirty tricks was a means of victory for Nixon  he had…

What does Zinn mean by Under Control? Zinn makes it quite clear on how impressive and amazing the United States of America truly is even after all the behind the scene dirt that came out. Furthermore; the events that occurred during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. This reality of Americans perception came into light in…

On April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation not three months after his second inauguration, stating that he had fired two of his White House aides for their participation in what was to be known as the Watergate scandal. Those that were let go were Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Nixon said that…

I have always liked the tune and it has good lyrics so I decided it would be a good song to write about. It talks about an outlaw with the singer telling him that he needs to settle down and find love and stop hiding behind the mental walls he has set up. In short…

The 1970s-2012 was an era of war, international conflict, and significant political change in which the US exercised the three different types of power in order to establish an assertive front to their international relations. There are three types of power, soft, hard, and smart power. Soft power is a pragmatic way to achieve results…