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Watergate : the corruption of American politics and the fall of Richard Nixon / Fred Emery.

Summary:

"Told as a narrative history, Watergate is a tale of extraordinary characters, from the unlikely undercover man G. Gordon Liddy (who specialized in demonstrating his willpower by charring his finger in a candle flame) to Sam Ervin, the determinedly old-fashioned senator whose televised committee hearings ultimately brought the whole mess before the public. There are dozens of minor figures - petty criminals, lawyers disdainful of the law, loyal followers and opportunists. And, at the center, Richard Nixon himself." "As Washington bureau chief for The Times of London during the entire Watergate period, Fred Emery covered every aspect of the story. Now, with the passage of two decades and access to many new facts, he is in a unique position to bring it to us whole - mysteries solved, gaps filled, the drama complete."

Record details

ISBN: 9780812923834
ISBN: 0812923839
ISBN: 9780684813233
ISBN: 0684813238
Physical Description: xviii, 555 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York : Times Books, [1994]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-493) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Breakthrough and break-in -- 2. "Dirty tricks" -- 3. The Pentagon papers -- 4. From Sandwedge to Gemstone -- 5. The money trail -- 6. The lost weekend -- 7. Instant cover-up -- 8. Payoffs and perjury -- 9. Dean takes charge -- 10. "I'm not gonna let anybody go to jail" -- 11. A modified limited hangout -- 12. The linchpin -- 13. A procrastination too far -- 14. Crack-up -- 15. Testimony -- 16. Sirica rules -- 17. Massacre -- 18. The missing tapes -- 19. Nixon's "enemy within" -- 20. Only one chance to impeach -- 21. Endgame -- Appendix 1: John Mitchell's plea -- Appendix 2: The tape transcripts.