Product Description

It's time to revisit Watergate. In this compelling reexamination, Liebovich draws extensively from newly available sources, including recently released Nixon Oval Office tapes, FBI reports, and personal reminiscences of cover-up leader John Dean. Liebovich sheds new light on the Nixon administration's extensive foul play, zeal to battle and manipulate the press, scandalous miring, and eventual political disgrace.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2426694 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Review
“Press-presidential relations are inherently adversarial. They hit bottom during the Nixon presidency. In this pithy book, Liebovich (journalism, Univ. of Illinois) argues that Richard Nixon and his inner circle had from the outset of his presidency no intention of dealing with the media in a way that encouraged mutual respect or constructive dialogue. Instead, Nixon made "war against the press," not merely holding few press conferences and hiding information, but also lying, keeping files on reporters, and in some cases playing dirty tricks on them....No reader of this book can complete it without concluding that Nixon was the author of his own miseries....Recommended. College and university libraries.”–Choice

“[L]iebovich shows that a credible Watergate book doesn't have to be long. Recommended for academic mass media collections and large public libraries.”–Library Journal

“Louis W. Liebovich approaches Nixon and Watergate through the lens of press relations during the Nixon years. Making good use of recently released materials and tapes, Liebovich looks at the administration's press strategy almost as a metaphor for the entire presidency of Richard Nixon....Liebovich does a fine job of describing the long-term consequences of the Watergate scandal.”–Presidential Studies Quarterly

“Liebovich's Richard Nixon, Watergate, and the Press is more than just a reminder of the evils of Watergate. It is a well-written, well-researched, though brief, book that provides insights into how Nixon attempted to battle and to manipulate the press during the Watergate affair....[p]rovides a fascinating look at Nixons' press operations during that scandel and provides a timely reminder that Watergate was not simply the type of political shenanigans that all politicians engage in, but an astounding abuse of power that still reverberates in society today.”–American Journalism

“[D]oes more than merely remind us of something - the gravity of Watergate - that we may have forgotten. He also sheds a not-altogether-flattering light on the one institution whose reputation was enhanced by Watergate: the Washington press corps.”–Washington Monthly

About the Author
LOUIS W. LIEBOVICH is Professor of Journalism at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Professor Liebovich has also written The Press and the Modern Presidency: Myths and Mindsets from Kennedy to Election 2000, The Press and the Origins of the Cold War, 1944-1947, and Bylines of Despair: Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression, and the U.S. News Media, published by Praeger.