Subverting Open Government: White House Materials and Executive Branch Politics

by Bruce P. Montgomery

Many of the most significant disputes between the legislative and executive branches of government have occurred over Congressional requests for information to assure executive accountability. No greater confrontation occurred than the fight over President Richard Nixon's White House tapes and records concerning the Watergate scandals. The constitutional crisis surrounding this event and the subsequent seizure of Nixon's presidential materials by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810851784
• ISBN13: 9780810851788
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"