Evan Thomas, Being Nixon: A Man Divided joins Thom. its been over 40 years since he stepped down - and Richard Nixon is perhaps best known as a "Tricky" politician who was forced out of office after a year of investigations into the Watergate scandal. But how did a Quaker from California become one of the most controversial - and reviled - presidents in American history? I'll ask author Evan Thomas - in tonight's Conversations with Great Minds.

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