As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it.

Autorentext
Iwan W. Morgan is a Professor of US Studies and Head of US Programmes at the Institute of the Americas, University College London, UK.

Inhalt
Introduction; M.A.Genovese & I.W.Morgan Schlesinger's Imperial Presidency Revisited; J.Herbert Watergate and the Decline of the Separation of Powers; N.Kassop Watergate and the Emergence of the Special Prosecutor in American Politics; C.Harrington Nixon and the War Powers; D.G.Adler Nixon, Reputation, and Watergate; I.W.Morgan Watergate and the Era of Big Money Politics; V.Farrar-Myers Nixon, Watergate, and the Attempt to Sway Public Opinion; T.Belt Frost-Nixon as Media Remembrance of Watergate; K.Marshall The Long Legacy of Watergate; M.A.Genovese