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The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon Revised ed. Edition

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"A big powerhouse of a book, one crackling with suspense and filled with insight into the origins, the unfolding, and the consequences of perhaps the gravest political and constitutional crisis in our history."
― Michael E. Parrish, San Diego Union

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A big powerhouse of a book, one crackling with suspense and filled with insight into the origins, the unfolding, and the consequences of perhaps the gravest political and constitutional crisis in our history.-Michael E Parrish, San Diego Union

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Revised ed. edition (March 17, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 776 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393308278
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393308273
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.96 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.5 x 8.3 inches
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Jack Alan Robbins
5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read but be patient!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2014
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Excellent in-depth study and presentation. I remember living through Watergate crisis and following day-to-day developments in the press and on television but had not read a study of the whole thing; had many questions, now mostly answered. Still nags, how did anyone like Nixon ever get to be President? And something like 70 members of his Administration pled guilty or were convicted of crimes. Incredible. Ford's pardon is made understandable if still not acceptable without Nixon admitting guilt, and Ford paid heavy price for his giving the pardon.
This is a very important book to read on what American historians and presidential biographers rate as third greatest Constitutional crisis, after Civil War and the Great Depression.
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Mary P. Magill
4.0 out of 5 stars As Non-partisan As The Truth Can Get An Attorney's Read
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2013
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excellent, but very long and dry to read. 4 stars because only a history enthusiast would probably wade through it, but if you are so inclined for detail this book is excellent. I will be using it for reference as n
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Zazz
5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and Detailed
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2015
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Wow! Great history and detail, sometimes a bit too much. About a third of the way through I lost interest and had to put it down. Came back to it and the last half of the book zoomed by very quickly. Learned many new things about this era in American politics and how events shaped things that still go on today. You can't go wrong in reading this but you have to have some perseverance to get thru the details.
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Joy Eve Hirsh
5.0 out of 5 stars I lived through Watergate
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013
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I remember the Watergate hearings on television. That was in the 1970s. But I found them confusing because I did not fully understand. Well this book explains and explains thoroughly. Excellent recount of the issue that made the times what they were.
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Jacques Dezeure
3.0 out of 5 stars A valuable history book sometimes with exciting intrigues.
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2016
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No doubt the most detailed and correct historical description of the Watergate Affair. For non-Americans somewhat difficult to follow all these names and organizations: but that's the inconvenience of a history book: the more accurate the more difficult to read.
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Christopher M. MacNeil
4.0 out of 5 stars The most comprehensive Watergate compilation
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2003
The Watergate break-in and coverup scandal that toppled the presidential administration of Richard Nixon is, maybe arguably, one of American history's watershed events. Why is clearly explained by Richard Kutler in his historically rich book that is very probably the most comprehensive and easily understood publication on the subject. Kutler begins with the approval by the president's men of the break-in at the headquarters in the Watergate complex of the National Democratic Committee and, after the plot's five burglars are nabbed, the conspiracy to cover up the involvement of the White House in the break-in. Kutler is rightly clear in pressing the point that there has never been any evidence that Nixon himself approved the break-in (that was OKed by the president's operatives). But, just six days after the June 17, 1972, break-in, Nixon ordered the coverup in the now infamous smoking gun taped conversation with chief of staff H.R. Haldeman. From the apprehension of the break-in's participants, Kutler takes us to the Senate investigative committee that gradually chipped away to lead to the articles of impeachment that were being advanced but not forwarded to the House because of Nixon's resignation. The number of participants in the Watergate affair is sheer numbing, but Kutler does a tremendous job in not getting his reader too bogged down in trying to keep the cast straight. In the end, though, the historical value of Kutler's contribution is why Watergate essentially redefined the presidency, how it altered the American public's perception of the nation's highest office and why and how the built-in safeguards against a tyrannical presidency worked. As for Nixon, it goes without saying he was a truly tragic figures whose pettiness sabotaged what could likely have been one of the most effective presidential administrations in history. Kutler concludes with a tantalizing question: assuming that Nixon did, to some extent, rehabilitate his public image in the years before his death, was that rehabilitation due to the fallen president's changing his character's fatal flaws, or was it because he simply out-lived most of what he called his "enemies?" All this and more in one of the most compelling documents in the Watergate fiasco.
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Richard Podgorski
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable reading for those who love history
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2018
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I'm in the midst of reading this book, and I'm really enjoying the history lesson!
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John I. Laun
5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable window on Watergate
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2014
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This is a thorough, well-written account of the demise of the Nixon Administration. It is an important contribution to the historical record of the U.S. Government in the years of the Nixon Presidency.
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graham
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2020
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Roland
1.0 out of 5 stars The condotion of the book was very bad. NOT 'VERY GOOD'!! You should seriously reconsider your grading system...
Reviewed in Germany on January 31, 2014
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Many, many pages were folded on purpose, vertically, over the whole page. Lots of writing in the book.

I am going to throw it away and buy a proper copy somewhere.

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Lintsky
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but too much detail
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2012
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This is an immense book on Richard Nixon and Watergate from a writer that no reader could fail to admire and respect for this detailed account of the political life and problems associated with this complex and difficult man. The book has been described elsewhere as a 'powerhouse of a book' a towering effort and a watershed event. And whilst it is all of these things its detailed account nearly killed it off for me. As a British reader of an American scandal, my lack of knowledge of the US political system did not help. The first 300 pages set the scene well with excellent chapters on Nixon's first administration, the burglary and the cover-up. Yet much of what followed was not easy to follow and with the various committees, special Prosecutors, the Senate Committee, the Judiciary Committee and the Supreme Court all seemingly covering the same ground, it was a bit like watching the same news programme over and over again. An index of some of the 'main players' with pen pictures might have helped as would more and better photographs of the participants, assuming there still are any. And finally, what happened to Ehrlichmann, Haldeman & Dean? Their trials were either omitted or glossed over with not much on their views on the treatment they received from either Nixon or the courts.
So, a really good book especially if you are a student of modern US political history but for general interest in either Nixon or Watergate it contained too much detail. Worth reading, even so, but for a Brit reading my first book on either subject, I should have guessed at the size of it that it would not be an easy read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2017
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1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2016
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