Graff explores the full sweep of the scandal that would come to define all others, from the release of The Pentagon Papers in 1971-the first signs of trouble for the White House-and the 1972 DNC break-in to the denials, trials, hearings, and eventual downfall of the Nixon Administration three years later-the implications of which we still feel today. Now, in Watergate, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Garrett M. And yet, recent revelations like the release of more Nixon tapes and the identity of "Deep Throat" himself, means that the full story has never been told from start to finish. Watergate defined a decade, and a nation. Over the next two years, that single thwarted break-in would lead to dozens more arrests, an alleged kidnapping, FBI and congressional investigations, a Senate hearing, and bombshell testimonies from the highest levels of political power that ultimately would reveal a cover-up, sink a vice-president and a half-dozen Cabinet officials, lead to the jailing of an FBI director, end a presidency, and alter our views of moral authority and leadership. The five men-Virgilio Gonzalez, Bernard Baker, James McCord, Eugenio Martinez, and Frank Sturgis-arrested and charged with attempted burglary that night kicked off the biggest scandal in American politics. In the early hours of June 17, 1972, a security guard named Frank Wills entered six words into the log book of the Watergate office complex that would change the course of history: 1:47 AM Found tape on doors call police.
Graff € 44.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 7-10 working days.įrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full scope of the scandal through the politicians, investigators, journalists, and informants who made it the most influential political event of our modern era.
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