The Watergate Crisis

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Bloomsbury Academic, Sep 30, 1999 - History - 240 pages

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.

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Contents

Historical Overview
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What Manner of Man? Watergate and
57
Presidential Corruption in Historical Perspective
77
Copyright

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About the author (1999)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Watergate Crisis
Greenwood Press Guides to Historic Events of the Twentieth Century
AuthorMichael A. Genovese
Editionillustrated, annotated
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 1999
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedSep 22, 2008
ISBN0313298785, 9780313298783
Length240 pages
Subjects ›  › 

History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
History / United States / 20th Century
  
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