Richard M. Nixon: Politician, President, Administrator

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Thirteen years after Richard Nixon left office, Hofstra University's 6th conference on the Modern American Presidency sets the stage for an exchange of views on Richard M. Nixon's presidency, his politics, and his administrative abilities. Leon Friedman and William F. Levantrosser bring together the papers and discussions presented at this conference by scholars, journalists, and Nixon administration officials in this first of a trilogy of volumes issuing from the conference. With the perspective of time, the commentary of leading administration figures such as H.R. Haldeman, Elliot Richardson, Maurice Stans, and Charles Colson takes on a special quality. Papers and discussions explore three major aspects of Richard Nixon: his capacity for greatness, his shortcomings, and his impact on today's youth; the scope and depth of his domestic policy; and his political acumen.

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"This timely compilation of papers was originally presented at the 1987 Hofstra University Conference on the Nixon Presidency. Bringing together noted Nixon scholars, including Stephen Ambrose, Tom Wicker, and Hugh Sidey, and politicos such as Eliot Richardson, Maurice Stans, H.R. Haldeman, and Robert Finch, the editors have included essays primarily on domestic policies. A lively section on Nixon the man is followed by scholarly articles on all aspects of the domestic agenda. Notable contributions include David Caputo's analysis of revenue sharing and Michael Balzano's study of the adrift Democrats who emerged as Nixon's silent majority and ultimately as the Reagan coalition. . . . [A] worthy addition for specialized collections."-Library Journal
This timely compilation of papers was originally presented at the 1987 Hofstra University Conference on the Nixon Presidency. Bringing together noted Nixon scholars, including Stephen Ambrose, Tom Wicker, and Hugh Sidey, and politicos such as Eliot Richardson, Maurice Stans, H.R. Haldeman, and Robert Finch, the editors have included essays primarily on domestic policies. A lively section on Nixon the man is followed by scholarly articles on all aspects of the domestic agenda. Notable contributions include David Caputo's analysis of revenue sharing and Michael Balzano's study of the adrift Democrats who emerged as Nixon's silent majority and ultimately as the Reagan coalition. . . . [A] worthy addition for specialized collections.-Library Journal

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LEON FRIEDMAN is the Joseph Kushner Professor of Civil Liberties Law at the Hofstra University Law School. He is the author or editor of many books on politics and law including The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, 1789-1990. As an ACLU lawyer, he handled a number of law suits against members of the Nixon Administration. WILLIAM F. LEVANTROSSER is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Colloquim on the American Presidency at Hofstra University. He is the author of Congress and the Citizen-Soldier and Harry S. Truman: The Man from Independence (Greenwood Press, 1986). Levantrosser has also published numerous articles on national security issues, including Tonkin Gulf Revisited, in Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Uses of Power (Bernard Firestone and Robert Vogt, editors, Greenwood, 1988).