All the President's Men
In the most devastating political detective story of the century, two Washington Post reporters, whose brilliant, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation smashed the Watergate scandal wide open, tell the behind-the-scenes drama the way it really happened.
Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing with headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward kept the tale of conspiracy and the trail of dirty tricks coming -- delivering the stunning revelations and pieces in the Watergate puzzle that brought about Nixon's scandalous downfall. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post and toppled the President. This is the book that changed America.
Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing with headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward kept the tale of conspiracy and the trail of dirty tricks coming -- delivering the stunning revelations and pieces in the Watergate puzzle that brought about Nixon's scandalous downfall. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post and toppled the President. This is the book that changed America.
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- Simon & Schuster |
- 352 pages |
- ISBN 9780671894412 |
- June 1994
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Praise
“The New York Times A fast-moving mystery, a whodunit written with ease.... A remarkable book. ”
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“The New York Times A fast-moving mystery, a whodunit written with ease.... A remarkable book. ”
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“Dan Rather An authentic thriller. ”
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“Publishers Weekly Exhilarating and candid...trip-hammer reportage. ”
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“The Denver Post Fascinating, stimulating....One of the greatest detective stories ever told. ”
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“The New Republic Much more than a 'hot book.' It is splendid reading...of enormous value....A very human story. ”
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Chapter 1
June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone. Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake. The city editor of the Washington Post was on the line. Five men had been arrested earlier that morning in a burglary at Democratic headquarters, carrying photographic equipment and electronic gear. Could he come in?
Woodward had worked for the Post for only nine months and was always looking for a good Saturday assignment, but this didn't sound like one. A burglary at the local Democratic headquarters was too much like most of what he had been doing -- investigative pieces on...
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