Textbook
Watergate: A Brief History with Documents, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-1-4051-8848-7
Paperback
232 pages
December 2009, ©2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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The second edition of Watergate: A Brief History with
Documents presents a collection of relevant historic documents
from Nixon's acceptance speech at the 1968 Republican National
Convention to his 1974 pardon.
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Includes transcripts of recently-released Watergate tapes that reveal Nixon’s thoughts and reactions to events as they unfolded, and that deal with the identity of the anonymous source known as ‘Deep Throat’.
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Uses the crisis to explain how American politics and law work and provides an indication of the way the country may handle future crises
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Provides brief summaries of what happened to various Watergate participants
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Covers the entire span of time from Nixon's 1968 acceptance speech at the RNC until his pardon in 1974