Melvin Small is Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus at Wayne State University. His numerous publications include Johnson, Nixon, and the Doves (1988), Covering Dissent: The Media and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement (1994), Democracy and Diplomacy: The Impact of Domestic Politics in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1789-1994 (1996), The Presidency of Richard Nixon (1999), Antiwarriors: The Vietnam War and the Battle for America’s Hearts and Minds (2003), and At the Water’s Edge: American Politics and the Vietnam War (2005).

"A singularly impressive achievement, particularly in the high quality of the scholarly essays, the international diversity of the contributors, and the comprehensiveness of its coverage. I predict that it will quickly become theessential guide to the historical study of the Nixon years.”  (Expofairs, 22 February 2013)

• List of Plates viiiNotes on Contributors ixIntroduction 1Melvin SmallPart I Pre-Presidential Years 51. Nixon Biographies 7Iwan W. Morgan2. The Pre-Political Years, 1913–1945 27Joseph Dmohowski3. Pat Nixon 49Gil Troy4. The Congressional Years 68Anthony Rama Maravillas5. The Alger Hiss Case 84Athan G. Theoharis6. The Richard Nixon Vice Presidency: Research Without the Nixon Manuscripts 102Irwin F. Gellman7. The Election of 1960 122W. J. RorabaughPart II Domestic Policies 1418. The Election of 1968 143Melvin Small9. The Election of 1972 164Rick Perlstein10. The Administrative Presidency 185Karen M. Hult11. Richard Nixon, the Great Society, and Social Reforms: A Lost Opportunity? 202Romain Huret12. Civil Rights Policy 212Dean J. Kotlowski13. Economic Policy 235Nigel Bowles14. Political Realignment 252Robert Mason15. Nixon and the Environment 270Paul Charles Milazzo16. Nixon and the Media 292Tim Kiska17. Nixon and Dissent 311Katherine Scott18. Nixon and Agnew 328Justin P. CoffeyPart III Foreign Policies 34319. Foreign Policy Overview 345Jussi M. Hanhimäki20. Nixon and Kissinger 362Robert D. Schulzinger21. The Vietnam War 380Jeffrey P. Kimball22. Explorations of Détente 400Keith L. Nelson23. The China Card 425Evelyn Goh24. Nixon and Europe: Transatlantic Policy in the Shadow of Other Priorities 444Luke A. Nichter25. Latin America and the Quest for Stability 460Mark Atwood LawrencePart IV Post-Presidential Years 47926. Watergate 481Keith W. Olson27. Nixon and Ford 499John Robert Greene28. Nixon’s Image: A Brief History 519David Greenberg29. The Nixon Tapes 546Sahr Conway-LanzBibliography 563Index 613