There isn't really anything I can add to the plethora of reviews and comments made about this excellent work of history. All I can add is my personal experience of having the key players portrayed as the flawed human beings they were rather than being sketched out as stark black and white myths. Even Richard Nixon was shown to be a complex personality who had aspects the reader could empathize with while acknowledging his criminal behavior that led to a Constitutional Crisis and brought down his presidency. Those who enabled Nixon and defended his actions were shown to have acted with varying degrees of ignorance about what Nixon knew and when he knew it. When faced with the truth, almost all of the president's defenders came to the conclusion that he had to resign for the good fo the party and the country.
What makes this book so powerful is how it is a warning from our not so distant past about having a president and administration that acts like the president is above the law and doesn't have to answer to Congress, the courts or the American people for his actions. Nixon's actions as president nearly brought the executive branch down and paralyzed the ability of the government to function. It took two years of investigation for Congress and the courts to finally force Nixon to take responsibility for his abuse of power. Still, he was allowed to resign and retire to his home in California. The pardon by Ford allowed Nixon to escape facing justice for his crimes. It makes me wonder what it will take to finally force the current president to be held accountable for his actions during the campaign and since he took office. How long will he be able to abuse the power of his office? How much damage will he do to our Constitutional Republic before he is forced out of office? Once we discover the breadth and depth of his criminal behavior, will we finally act to prevent future abuses by a president? The executive branch has been allowed to stake out and claim a considerable amount of power since 9/11 in the name of National Security. We need the other two branches to step up to act as a check and balance at the federal level. This is true no matter which party controls the White House. We can either learn from the history detailed in this book by Woodward and Bernstein or we can find ourselves repeating the sins from our past.
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Bob Woodward is an associate editor at The Washington Post where he has worked for 50 years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his Watergate coverage and the other for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored 20 national bestselling books, 14 of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers.
Carl Bernstein is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine and has written for a variety of publications. He is the author of Loyalties: A Son’s Memoir, and has coauthored His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time with Marco Politi, as well as All the President's Men and The Final Days with Bob Woodward.
Carl Bernstein is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine and has written for a variety of publications. He is the author of Loyalties: A Son’s Memoir, and has coauthored His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time with Marco Politi, as well as All the President's Men and The Final Days with Bob Woodward.
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If you've never read this book before, this really is the time. It is is a compelling look at a WH under siege.
Yes, we all think know the history but the parallels to today's political situation in terms of WH strategies for handling a president under investigation while attempting to run the country are striking right down to the political language used in defense of the president: "witch hunt", "politically motivated", attempts to diffuse and distract by referencing previous presidents' actions (Kennedy and Johnson's wiretapping), a WH staff jockeying for power, a Republican Party weighing their personal political fortunes against the welfare of the country and a verbally abusive, bigoted president regarded as a growing national threat due to his increasing instability. To further complicate the situation: a loyal base that believed Nixon right till the end and posed a problem for Congressional Republicans. The one departure from today : the infamous tapes produced in secret by the president himself that provided the direct evidence leading to his resignation. Trump, of course, tweets for the world to see, telegraphing his concerns and providing a bread crumb trail for the investigators to follow.
It's too bad Trump doesn't read.
The roadmap of failed strategy is outlined in detail in The Final Days....but let's not tell him how it ends.
Yes, we all think know the history but the parallels to today's political situation in terms of WH strategies for handling a president under investigation while attempting to run the country are striking right down to the political language used in defense of the president: "witch hunt", "politically motivated", attempts to diffuse and distract by referencing previous presidents' actions (Kennedy and Johnson's wiretapping), a WH staff jockeying for power, a Republican Party weighing their personal political fortunes against the welfare of the country and a verbally abusive, bigoted president regarded as a growing national threat due to his increasing instability. To further complicate the situation: a loyal base that believed Nixon right till the end and posed a problem for Congressional Republicans. The one departure from today : the infamous tapes produced in secret by the president himself that provided the direct evidence leading to his resignation. Trump, of course, tweets for the world to see, telegraphing his concerns and providing a bread crumb trail for the investigators to follow.
It's too bad Trump doesn't read.
The roadmap of failed strategy is outlined in detail in The Final Days....but let's not tell him how it ends.
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I read this book as a young journalism student and, of course, gobbled it up like fresh fruit. At that point, my passion to be a journalist was driven by Woodward and Bernstein. Over the years, that hard cover book disappeared and then along came Donald Trump and watching Bernstein and Woodward and Dean on television, I decided I needed to re-read this book. I loved it as much as I did then. Of course I see the parallels and they are eerie. Substitute "tapes" for taxes or coverup or Russians and there is a pattern: hatred of the media, secrecy, isolation, poor management of the scandal. I urge any student of history to read this book. If you're a Trump supporter you aren't reading books like this. Well worth a re-read for those of us who lived through Watergate. Our Constitution stood the test then and I am sure it will stand the test today. But this book is a good reminder that the press will keep us free and safe, a balance and weight on what could be a corrupt government, as our founding fathers meant it to be.
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Bollard
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than 'All the President's Men'
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2014Verified Purchase
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I am film literate but, even so, I never quite understood what was happening in the film of 'All the President's Men' and, after reading the book recently, I still don't get it. Read *this* however and things become clearer ... not crystal clear, but somewhat clearer. We discover the roles played by the rest of the White House team, members of Congress, senators, judges, lawyers, and the Supreme Court. What we hit - and I think this is the core of the matter - is one key transcript from the White House Tapes that made it clear that Nixon knew what was going on at Watergate and then tried to hide the fact that he knew. (Not only from the special prosecutors, but from his own people, his friends, power brokers, and family too.) He subsequently tried to withhold the transcript - because, by that stage, what was at issue was not only Nixon but the status of the American presidency. If you're looking for the fulcrum that gave the forces of light the leverage they needed, it was this transcript and his attempts to withhold it. Like any survivor - and further handicapped by his own personal demons - Nixon was no fool and knew what it took to get by in the Washington hothouse. He remained media-savvy up to the end (read 'The Making Of The President') and he was a convincing speaker: people who *heard* his debates against JFK on radio reckoned he won. But he was ultimately remote and hemmed-in by his emotional limitations; he was also tormented by mistrust and a desire to take revenge on those he felt had done him down. This book takes a day-by-day, play-by-play look at events and participants in a way that's similar to Max Gallo's 'Night of the Long Knives', which details Nazi Party revenge and murder in 1934. This book showed me that democracy as we know it was hanging by a thread at the time, and it doesn't seem to have got a lot better since. This book and Daniel Ellsberg's 'Secrets' put life under Nixon into perspective.
I am film literate but, even so, I never quite understood what was happening in the film of 'All the President's Men' and, after reading the book recently, I still don't get it. Read *this* however and things become clearer ... not crystal clear, but somewhat clearer. We discover the roles played by the rest of the White House team, members of Congress, senators, judges, lawyers, and the Supreme Court. What we hit - and I think this is the core of the matter - is one key transcript from the White House Tapes that made it clear that Nixon knew what was going on at Watergate and then tried to hide the fact that he knew. (Not only from the special prosecutors, but from his own people, his friends, power brokers, and family too.) He subsequently tried to withhold the transcript - because, by that stage, what was at issue was not only Nixon but the status of the American presidency. If you're looking for the fulcrum that gave the forces of light the leverage they needed, it was this transcript and his attempts to withhold it. Like any survivor - and further handicapped by his own personal demons - Nixon was no fool and knew what it took to get by in the Washington hothouse. He remained media-savvy up to the end (read 'The Making Of The President') and he was a convincing speaker: people who *heard* his debates against JFK on radio reckoned he won. But he was ultimately remote and hemmed-in by his emotional limitations; he was also tormented by mistrust and a desire to take revenge on those he felt had done him down. This book takes a day-by-day, play-by-play look at events and participants in a way that's similar to Max Gallo's 'Night of the Long Knives', which details Nazi Party revenge and murder in 1934. This book showed me that democracy as we know it was hanging by a thread at the time, and it doesn't seem to have got a lot better since. This book and Daniel Ellsberg's 'Secrets' put life under Nixon into perspective.
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Ian James
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Detailed and Authoritative Account of Nixon's Downfall
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2020Verified Purchase
Woodward and Bernstein did more than anyone to expose the criminality and cover-up of Watergate, doggedly exposing the scandal in it's early days in the pages of the Washington Post when other media had given up on the story. In this gripping account they finish the story started in their seminal book "All the President's Men" and record Nixon's downfall and resignation. It's a masterful, powerful and gripping account. An absorbing and fascinating read.
chris wilson
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Nixon --His Just Desserts
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2014Verified Purchase
A gripping read ,especially having read 'All the President's Men' twice over the years. I think 'AtPM' must be read first so as to establish that the Watergate break-in was just one of the numerous illegal activities done in Nixon's name and funded by CREEP i.e.Campaign to re-elect the President. If you read 'The Final Days' first then you might feel far too much sympathy for Nixon. Watergate and the cover-up,perverting the course of justice etc.etc. were just an end-of-career part of his 'trickiness'. To view him as a victim of any type lacks all credibility. The insights into the Nixon -Kissinger relationship are worth the price alone. The new edition does not have photos of the major players unlike earlier editions .
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Mark Kilmurry
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2017Verified Purchase
having read all the president's men this is a well researched sequel detailing the events leading up to Nixon's exit - brilliant research, thrilling, depressing, fascinating bringing to life all the people involved in watergate-- told in a matter of fact yet muscular way -- couldn't put it down.
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Lairdophelps
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Still fascinating 44 years after the event.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2018Verified Purchase
A very interesting book. At the time of writing (Feb 2018) it's impossible not to think of Donald Trump while reading this detailed account of how the Nixon presidency spiralled downwards to his resignation rather than face impeachment.
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