Watergate and Its Legacy
摘要
The Watergate scandal—the break-in and cover-up—is the starting point of the discussion as many observers of subsequent scandals seek to elevate or emphasize particular scandals by appending “gate” as a suffix to the scandal’s name. The events and “appeal” of Watergate are summarized and presented to demonstrate how the definitions provided in Chapter 1 can be applied to other scandals.