Watergate
Political cartoons can be a revealing and entertaining way to learn about current and historical events. Greenhaven Press's series Examining Issues Through Political Cartoons makes this resource conveniently accessible to students. Each volume provides a representative and diverse collection of cartoons focusing on a particular current or historical topic and supplies essential context to help readers appreciate them. An introductory essay offers a general overview of the book's topic....
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Political cartoons can be a revealing and entertaining way to learn about current and historical events. Greenhaven Press's series Examining Issues Through Political Cartoons makes this resource conveniently accessible to students. Each volume provides a representative and diverse collection of cartoons focusing on a particular current or historical topic and supplies essential context to help readers appreciate them. An introductory essay offers a general overview of the book's topic. Cartoons from many different sources are then presented, each with accompanying background and analysis about the cartoon, its subject matter, and its creator. Finally, each volume contains a bibliography and other tools for further research. Taken together, the contents of each anthology constitute an amusing and informative resource for students of social and historical topics. School Library Journal Gr 9 Up-After a preface that notes the need for critical thinking in reading political cartoons, the introduction presents an objective summary of Richard Nixon's presidency. The author is careful to quote the president's supporters as well as his many detractors. The cartoons are organized in three chapters, each beginning with a preface that details the events and personalities depicted. Since Nixon successfully deflected public attention away from the burglary before the 1972 election, the first chapter includes only two pieces of art. Once the scandal broke, cartoonists flooded the press with commentary; the second section includes seven examples, one of which depicts Nixon attacked by the "piranhas" of the press. The third section covers the impeachment, resignation, and aftermath, and similarly reflects the prevailing sentiments of the contemporary press. The cartoons are all from large-circulation, mainstream newspapers, and the editor carefully documents each artist's credentials. There are no other books on this topic for this age group, although many books on Watergate include political cartoons as illustrations. Thus, this book will be useful for students as examples of how political cartoons both reflect and shape political events.-Jonathan Betz-Zall, City University Library, Everett, WA Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
Foreword9Introduction11Chapter 1A Third-Rate Burglary26Preface27Chapter 2The Scandal Deepens33Preface34Chapter 3Fall of a President50Preface51Chronology65For Further Research69Index72
\ School Library JournalGr 9 Up-After a preface that notes the need for critical thinking in reading political cartoons, the introduction presents an objective summary of Richard Nixon's presidency. The author is careful to quote the president's supporters as well as his many detractors. The cartoons are organized in three chapters, each beginning with a preface that details the events and personalities depicted. Since Nixon successfully deflected public attention away from the burglary before the 1972 election, the first chapter includes only two pieces of art. Once the scandal broke, cartoonists flooded the press with commentary; the second section includes seven examples, one of which depicts Nixon attacked by the "piranhas" of the press. The third section covers the impeachment, resignation, and aftermath, and similarly reflects the prevailing sentiments of the contemporary press. The cartoons are all from large-circulation, mainstream newspapers, and the editor carefully documents each artist's credentials. There are no other books on this topic for this age group, although many books on Watergate include political cartoons as illustrations. Thus, this book will be useful for students as examples of how political cartoons both reflect and shape political events.-Jonathan Betz-Zall, City University Library, Everett, WA Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.\ \
