Stanley I. Kutler

The Vietnam War was America's longest conflict, outlasting U.S. participation in the two world wars and the Korean War combined. This authoritative book separates the facts of the war from the polemics that engulfed them, and takes a fascinating look at the people, places, events, and ideas--both on the battlefield and the home front--of this confusing and contentious period. 564 articles. 13 maps. 210 illustrations.

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War

"The definitive account of Watergate." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon

The Wars of Watergate

人道主底的潛妄

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

A Brief History with Documents

Watergate

Stephen Edward Ambrose

More than five hundred entries cover the people, places, military actions, policies, strategies, tactics, weapons, domestic politics, and diplomacy of the war

This is the first truly comprehensive history of the political explosion that shook America in the 1970s, and whose aftereffects are still being felt in public life today. Drawing on contemporary documents, personal interviews, memoirs, and a vast quantity of new material, Stanley Kutler shows how President Nixon’s obstruction of justice from the White House capped a pattern of abuse that marked his entire tenure in office. He makes clear how the drama of Watergate is rooted not only in the tumultuous events and social tensions of the 1960s but also in the personality and history of Richard Nixon. Kutler examines Nixon’s confrontations with the institutions he feared and resented—the Congress, the federal agencies, the news media, the Washington establishment—and how they mobilized to topple the President. He considers the arguments of Nixon’s defenders, who insisted that Watergate was a minor affair, and the contention that the President did nothing worse than his predecessors had done. He offers compelling portraits of the President’s men—H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, Charles Colson, John Dean; of his adversaries—Judge John Sirica, the U.S. Attorneys, Special Prosecutors Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski; and of the legislators who would stand in judgment—Sam Ervin and Peter Rodino. In the course of his engrossing narrative, Stanley Kutler illuminates the constitutional crisis brought on by Watergate. He shows how Watergate diminished the moral level of American political life, and illustrates its continuing detrimental impact on the credibility, authority, and prestige of the Presidency in particular and the government in general. His book underlines for the American electorate the significance of Watergate for the future of our political ethics and the maintenance of our constitutional system, as well as for the place of Richard Nixon in American history.

"The definitive account of Watergate." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stanley I. Kutler

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