Archibald Cox : conscience of a nation /

In October 1973, America was transfixed by a battle of wills between President Richard Nixon and a 61-year-old law professor. Archibald Cox was serving in a new post - Special Prosecutor - to investigate the Watergate break-inches Quietly but resolutely he asked the White House to release tapes of i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gormley, Ken (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, [1997]
Subjects:	Cox, Archibald, > 1912-2004. Cox, Archibald, > 1912-2004 Cox, Archibald. Special prosecutors > United States > Biography. Law teachers > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Biography. Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. Professeurs de droit > Massachusetts > Cambridge > Biographies. Affaire Watergate, 1972-1974. Law teachers. Special prosecutors. Massachusetts > Cambridge. United States. Biographies, memoirs and correspondance. 1972-1974 collective biographies. Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Part one: the making of a lawyer
"Billy" Cox
Harvard
Learned Hand
Pioneer in labor law
A call from the White House
A Yankee professor
Part two: the Kennedy years
Young Senator Kennedy
The candidate's academic advisor
Tensions in the 1960 campaign
The celestial general
The landmark cases
New president
Student riots
Part three: Watergate and beyond
A third-rate burglary?
The new special prosecutor
Opening arguments
Battle for the tapes
Showdown with the President
The Saturday Night Massacre
White House mysteries
The Watergate cleanup
Semiretirement
Epilogue: home to New England.