History. He wins and 72 over mcgovern , the biggest landslide in history. In fact, at dec. 72 he says someone asked not to write a book about all of this. And having the most successful presidency of all time. But, boy, how the mighty have fallen. That story, of constantly looking at the interest, how someone can be the most powerful person and take that kind of cataclysmic fall, and these tapes are forming of just a part of the story. They need to be supplemented with memo, oral history. I wanted to think john dean for coming here to austin and providing your insight and firsthand knowledge and stealing the buck. [applause] and he wrote a biography of warren harding. [laughter] [inaudible question] [applause] [inaudible conversations] and that was a conversation about the nixon presidency. We will be back with more live coverage from the texas book festival after this short break. Coming up next a memoir. [inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch American Histor
Be live from austin with two other events. Today you would hear from authors charles blow francis fukuyama. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org. We will begin at a panel on president Richard Nixon featuring former Nixon White House counsel john dean author of the nixon defense and historian Douglas Brinkley and luke nichter editors of the nixon tapes 19711972. Journalist Robert Draper is the moderator. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] this is a wide broadcast on cspan. We will keep things moving smoothly. Thank you very much. We will have introductions in a moment and then we will move forward into our first panel of the day. Thank you all very much for being here with us. [applause] good morning everyone. My name is Robert Draper and im with the New York Times magazine. Our abiding fascination with the 30th president of the United States Richard Milhouse nixon has been stoked by two remarkable books
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