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How Richard Nixon's obsession with Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers sowed the seeds for the president's downfall

  • Written by Christian Appy, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageDaniel Ellsberg appears before the press on June 28, 1971.Bettmann via Getty Images

When Richard Nixon picked up the Sunday New York Times on June 13, 1971, he must have lingered on the smiling image of himself escorting Tricia – his “ethereal blond daughter,” as the paper described her – to her wedding in the White...

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