Like a burger and fries, Nixon and scandal have always gone together. Why did his men break into the Watergate office building? Why did Nixon crave personal wealth? The answers lie with JFK, Howard Hughes, and - the Nixonburger.
The movies portray that the west was won by rugged men with a gun on one hip and a gal on the other, but often the West settlers, who became those icons of freedom and independence, lived at the mercy of the railroad tycoons.
Though many believe that the Cold War was won by weapons of war, the inescapable truth is that money, blue jeans, silk stockings, and fast food were all very heavily involved.