Watergate
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Watergate
Verteld door:
Jacques Roy, Garrett M. Graff
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Verteld door:
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Jacques Roy
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Garrett M. Graff
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Garrett M. Graff
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes—this one.” —The Washington Post * “Dazzling.” —The New York Times Book Review
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate—“the best and fullest account of the crisis, one unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)—exploring the full scope of the scandal through the politicians, investigators, journalists, and informants who made it the most influential political event of the modern era.
In the early hours of June 17, 1972, a security guard named Frank Wills enters six words into the log book of the Watergate office complex that will change the course of history: 1:47 AM Found tape on doors; call police.
The subsequent arrests of five men seeking to bug and burgle the Democratic National Committee offices—three of them Cuban exiles, two of them former intelligence operatives—quickly unravels a web of scandal that ultimately ends a presidency and forever alters views of moral authority and leadership. Watergate, as the event is called, becomes a shorthand for corruption, deceit, and unanswered questions.
Now, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Garrett M. Graff explores the full scope of this unprecedented moment from start to finish, in the first comprehensive, single-volume account in decades.
The story begins in 1971, with the publication of thousands of military and government documents known as the Pentagon Papers, which reveal dishonesty about the decades-long American presence in Vietnam and spark public outrage. Furious that the leak might expose his administration’s own duplicity during a crucial reelection season, President Richard M. Nixon gathers his closest advisors and gives them implicit instructions: Win by any means necessary.
Within a few months, an unsteady line of political dominoes are positioned, from the creation of a series of covert operations code-named GEMSTONE to campaign-trail dirty tricks, possible hostage situations, and questionable fundraising efforts—much of it caught on the White House’s own taping system. One by one they fall, until the thwarted June burglary attracts the attention of intrepid journalists, congressional investigators, and embattled intelligence officers, one of whom will spend decades concealing his identity behind the alias “Deep Throat.” As each faction slowly begins to uncover the truth, a conspiracy deeper and more corrupt than anyone thought possible emerges, and the nation is thrown into a state of crisis as its government—and its leader—unravels.
Using newly public documents, transcripts, and revelations, Graff recounts every twist with remarkable detail and page-turning drama, bringing readers into the backrooms of Washington, chaotic daily newsrooms, crowded Senate hearings, and even the Oval Office itself during one of the darkest chapters in American history.
Grippingly told and meticulously researched, Watergate is the defining account of the moment that has haunted our nation’s past—and still holds the power to shape its present and future.
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A detailed, convincing and very readable book
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Für jemanden, der noch nie was von Watergate gehört hat sicherlich eine sehr gute Wahl (die dann womöglich mit den beiden Woodward/Bernstein-Büchern vertieft werden kann) - wer jedoch schon die vorgenannten Bücher (und vielleicht noch The Secret Man) gelesen hat, wird hier nicht viel Neues erfahren.
My English Review: Good overview, but of course the author could not simply copy or endlessly quote the books previously written on this subject (All the Presidents Men and The Final Days above all). Therefore, he gives a (quite detailed) overview of events both before and after the Nixon presidency, but there is nothing really new here - and that after almost 50 years.
For someone who has never heard of Watergate, it is certainly a very good choice (which can then possibly be deepened with the two Woodward/Bernstein books) - but if you have already read the aforementioned books (and maybe The Secret Man), you will not learn much new here.
Guter Gesamtüberblick, aber...
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