Captured by hidden recording devices inside the White House, these intimate words exchanged between President and his men cannot be matched for sheer insight into the inner workings of the Presidency during an extended period of crisis. Here, then, are the bluntly candid transcripts of the taped, private conversations between Richard M. Nixon and his closest advisers, edited and submitted to the House of Judiciary Committee and to the public by order of the President himself, April 30, 1974.--Cover

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