No American history, government, or journalism collection is complete without this new edition of The Great Coverup: Nixon and the Scandal of Watergate, by Barry Sussman, the best account of the fall of Richard Nixon. It is a dramatic case study of tenacious reporting and suspenseful twists and turns in the political crime of the century.

John Dean, Nixon s White House counsel, said ten years after the break-in, When people ask me which book they should read to understand Watergate, I recommend this one Serious Watergate students report this is the best overview of the subject. I heartily...