Watergate and Afterward The Legacy of Richard M. Nixon

This volume examines the Watergate controversy and its legacy, focusing particular attention on Nixon's alleged misuse of government power for political ends, his administration's obsession with secrecy and the control of information, and the impeachment proceedings. Based upon the Hofstra Presidential Conference on Richard M. Nixon, the collection includes a final assessment of the Nixon presidency by a group of biographers who have written extensively about the man and his politics as well as appraisals of Nixon's accomplishments and failures by administration figures, outside historians, and journalists.