Watergate

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The second edition of Watergate: A Brief History withDocuments presents a collection of relevant historic documentsfrom Nixon's acceptance speech at the 1968 Republican NationalConvention to his 1974 pardon. * Includes transcripts of recently-released Watergate tapes thatreveal Nixon's thoughts and reactions to events as theyunfolded, and that deal with the identity of the anonymous sourceknown as 'Deep Throat'. * Uses the crisis to explain how American politics and law workand provides an indication of the way the country may handle futurecrises * Provides brief summaries of what happened to various Watergateparticipants * Covers the entire span of time from Nixon's 1968 acceptancespeech at the RNC until his pardon in 1974

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Stanley I. Kutler

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"With his judicious selection of documents and his insightfuland clear narrative, Stanley Kutler, the dean of Watergatehistorians, provides the best brief treatment of the greatestpolitical scandal in American history." Melvin Small, Wayne State University, author of ThePresidency of Richard Nixon "Professor Kutler is the indispensable historian ofWatergate, and this is the indispensable sourcebook -- the keydocuments, placed in the deep context that only an expert canprovide." Stanley N. Katz, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University,editor-in-chief of The Oxford International Encyclopedia ofLegal History "A fair-minded and accessible collection of key documents onthe most important political/ constitutional scandal of thetwentieth century, with succinct introductory essays by theacknowledged expert on the history of Watergate." Jeffrey P. Kimball, Miami University, author ofNixon's Vietnam War "Four decades after Nixon's election, Watergate remainsthe greatest constitutional crisis of our times, and any scholar,student, or citizen wishing to understand its enormity - andwhy it rocked the nation like no act of executive wrongdoing beforeor since - should peruse the documents in this indispensablevolume." David Greenberg, Rutgers University, author of Nixon'sShadow: The History of an Image
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