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The Watergate Crisis
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Michael A. Genovese
ISBN: 0-313-29878-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29878-3
240 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/1999
List Price: $51.95 (UK Sterling Price: £35.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The Watergate crisis marked the beginning of the age of cynicism in America. This readable and insightful account examines what happened in Watergate, who was involved, what it meant then, and what it means now. By analyzing the overall impact of Watergate on events that followed, this work will help students and other interested readers to better understand today's politics. In addition to a narrative overview and a series of topical essays about Watergate, this guide provides a timeline of events, biographical sketches of the key players, the text of important primary documents, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography.

Watergate refers to a series of crimes and abuses of power including obstruction of justice, conspiracy, criminal coverup, perjury, and destruction of evidence. As a result of the Watergate crisis, the press became more intrusive and personal, the public became more cynical and apathetic toward government, executive-congressional relations became soured and divisive, and partisan clashes became more bitter. Genovese, a noted presidential scholar, discusses Nixon's political personality, addresses the question of whether any president is above the law, and offers a contemporary view of presidential corruption in historical perspective, which is valuable in light of the Clinton impeachment hearings. This readable analysis and ready-reference guide provides valuable resources for students.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by Randall M. Miller
    Preface
    Key Players in the Watergate Crisis
    Chronology of Events
    The Watergate Crisis Explained
    Historical Overview
    What Manner of Man?: Watergate and the Development of Nixon's Political Personality
    Is the President Above the Law?
    Presidential Corruption in Historical Perspective
    Nixon and the Media
    Conclusion: The Watergate Legacy
    Biographies: The Personalities Behind the Watergate Crisis
    Primary Documents of the Watergate Crisis
    Appendix: Legal Problems of the Nixon Administration
    Glossary of Selected Terms
    Annotated Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: MICHAEL A. GENOVESE is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He has written seven books, including The Nixon Presidency: Power and Politics in Turbulent Times (Greenwood, 1990), The Presidency in an Age of Limits (Greenwood, 1993), and The Paradoxes of the American Presidency, co-authored with Thomas E. Cronin (1998). He has won over a dozen university and national teaching awards.
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