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Abuse Of Power
Richard Nixon said he wanted his administration to be "the best chronicled in history." But when Alexander Butterfield disclosed the existence of a voice-activated taping system to a Senate committee in July 1973, Nixon's White House and its recordings quickly became the most infamous in American history. The tapes dominated the final two years of Nixon's presidency, and almost single-handedly forced his resignation. But only 60 hours were actually made public in the 1970s. Many thousands of hours remained secret and in Nixon's hands, and he fought fiercely to keep them that way right up to his death. Finally, thanks to a lawsuit brought by historian Stanley I. Kutler with the advocacy group...
The Wars of Watergate
"The definitive account of Watergate." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Watergate
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
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War
The volume is not limited to the American experience in Vietnam but adds to our knowledge of the leading Vietnamese participants and issues.
Privilege and Creative Destruction
In this now-classic work in legal and constitutional theory, Stanley I. Kutler examines one of the Supreme Court's most celebrated decisions. In 1837, the Court rules that the state of Massachusetts had the right to erect a free bridge over the Charles River even though it had previously chartered a privately owned toll bridge at the same location. The Court's decision fostered the idea of "creative destruction," a process that encourages new forms of property at the expense of older ones. Exploring the origins, context, and impact of this decision, Kutler integrates traditional American constitutional history with the "new legal history: that emphasizes the social and economic bases of legal change.
Discontented America
"In a class by itself. Goldberg provides an engaging, nicely written narrative and draws upon a variety of secondary and primary sources to create an outstanding historical synthesis." -- Ohio Historian
The American Inquisition
Chronicles the U.S. government's crusade against communism during the 1940s and 1950s as thousands of American citizens were harassed and persecuted during the Cold War
America's Right Turn
Historian William Berman examines the political, cultural, and economic contexts in which Republican conservatives operated and explores the crisis of the liberal welfare state against the background of presidential politics. In this new edition, Berman discusses the initial failure of the Clinton administration to establish a viable political alternative to the GOP.
Watergate
"The 1972 break-in at Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel - by five men acting under the direction of a Republican president's closest aides and his staff - created a constitutional crisis second only to the Civil War and ultimately toppled the Nixon presidency. With its sordid trail of illegal wiretapping, illicit fund-raising, orchestrated cover-up, and destruction of evidence, it was the scandal that made every subsequent national political scandal a "gate" as well." "A disturbing tale made famous by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men, the Watergate scandal has been extensively dissected and vigorously debated. Keith Ol...
And the Crooked Places Made Straight
“Marvelously comprehensive and superbly written. An exceptionally valuable overview of the 1960s, replete with astute interpretations and commentary.” —David J. Garrow, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference David Chalmers’s widely acclaimed overview of the 1960s describes how the civil rights movement touched off a growing challenge to traditional values and arrangements. Chalmers recounts the judicial revolution that set national standards for race, politics, policing, and privacy. He examines the long, losing war on poverty and the struggle between the media and the government over the war...
