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Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat Hardcover – March 5, 2012

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  • Hardcover: 302 pages
  • Publisher: University Press of Kansas (March 5, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0700618295
  • ISBN-13: 978-0700618293
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #521,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsWatergate Revisionism at its Finest!
By Thomas A. Schwartz on May 21, 2012
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I read this book in two sittings and hated putting it down. For anyone who remembers the Watergate scandal, and went to see the movie "All the President's Men," this book is a piece of stunning revisionism, forcing you to re-think everything you thought you knew about the Watergate incident. In particular it is a cautionary work about the relationship of journalists to government officials, a far cry from the heroic myth perpetuated by Woodward and Bernstein. Holland has done an extraordinary job in his detective work, demonstrating a willingness to ask the questions that the two famous Washington Post reporters never did. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the Nixon years and recent American political history.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLeak
By Bill Burr on March 20, 2012
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Leak is a terrific book. A number of reviewers and commentators have noted that Leak is a `page turner,' and they're absolutely right. Some readers may think they already know the story of Felt as `Deep Throat', but Holland's enthralling narrative forces rethinking about why and how Felt became a leaker, who he leaked to, who first discovered that he was a leaker, and why he had to leave the FBI. Although one reviewer criticized Holland for basing his interpretation on `circumstantial evidence', for this reader, the author makes a compelling and persuasive case that Felt was not trying to bring down a president but to win a `war of succession' in the FBI. The author's new transcripts of important Nixon tapes and interviews with key officials, including then-acting FBI director William Ruckelshaus, add to the richness of the narrative. Leak is a fine contribution to our knowledge of the history of the Nixon administration and of the FBI.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFelt was no hero.
By Alexandre Di Lolli on April 10, 2012
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Great book it expose Mark Felt as a snake that he was. He basically used the Post, Woodward and Bernstein to destroy his rival Patrick Gray and advance his own ambitions to become the FBI director.
Mark Felt was portrayed as a man sickened by the wiretaps and break-ins by the White House, but Felt himself, writes Holland, "authorized illegal surreptitious entries into the homes of people associated with the Weather Underground."
If Felt was a hero, why did he not come forward to tell the country what he had done and why? Because he was no hero. Mark Felt was a snake.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Truth About the Exposure of Watergate
By James D. Best on June 14, 2012
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Leak, by Max Holland is a fascinating narrative. As one who lived through this Constitutional crisis, I was familiar with all the events and personalities. I also had read many other books about Watergate, but that was twenty to thirty years ago. Leak fills in the holes and makes sense of many of the incongruities in the Watergate scandal. The perspective of time and the unveiling of Deep Throat allowed Holland to add significantly to the history of Watergate. Future works by historians will include many references to Leak, Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat.

Holland's premise is that Mark Felt did not intend to bring down Richard Nixon. In fact, he was maneuvering to politically destroy Patrick Gray (Acting Director) so Nixon would appoint him Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He does an excellent job of proving his case. Holland puts an end to the reputation of Deep Throat as a selfless patriot leaking as a matter of conscience. He not only leaked for the petty goal of his own advancement, Holland shows that much of what he leaked was false or misleading--not because he didn't know it was wrong, but because it served his purpose.
Contemporaneous reporting, the Watergate hearings, and All the Presidents Men (book and film) created a myth that two youthful Washington Post reporters brought down the president of the United States. Holland writes, "As with all myths, what really powered it was not the veneer of truth, but the fact that people wanted to believe it was true."

Another vessel for Felt leaks was Sandy Smith, of Time magazine. In 1986, he said, "There's a myth that the press did all this, uncovered all the crimes. ... It's bunk. The press didn't do it. People forget that the government was investigating all the time.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsLike learning there's no Santa Claus
By K&S office on October 11, 2012
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For those of us who grew up with Watergate as part of the political theater of our tim,e reading this book was like learning there really isn't a Santa Claus.

Instead of an intrepid reporter digging for a story, the truth turns out to be that Woodward was a patsy in a much bigger game: Deep Throat was actually the number two in the FBI trying to discredit his boss to get his job. The revelation was a smack on the side of my head. Another myth punctured.

But worse has been the 40 year spin perpetuated by Woodward and Bernstein (even after they knew his motives) was that Deep Throat was an altruistic bureaucrat trying to save his country was simply a bald face lie. And that they were played like suckers. So much for historic journalistic myths.

The truth reads like a spy novel. Amazing forensic reporting by the author.

BTW, this is probably the worst cover art I've seen on a serious piece of history.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAstonishing Achievement
By Miami Historian on March 28, 2012
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Max Holland's "The Kennedy Assassination Tapes" was the result of prodigous and scrupulous research. "Leak" is a splendid encore.

It is tautly, crisply written and often suspenseful. I read it in a couple of stimumulating sittings even as I lingered in awe at the scope of the source notes. Holland explains Watergate intrigues in ways that few Americans would have previously appreciated. The cast of Nixon administration and FBI characters is vividly portrayed, and Deep Throat (Mark Felt) emerges as anything but the noble, selfless secret source of media mythology.

Highly recommended for generalist readers and specialists alike.
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Published 10 months ago by S. L. Comer
5.0 out of 5 starsThree day, er Two day Grey.

Just heard that Liam Neeson is going to play Mark Felt in a new movie. And at least reading most synopses on it, they're going to portray him as a American hero. Really!!!? Read more

Published 13 months ago by David S. Tester
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

best book ever on Watergate

Published on September 2, 2014 by cv60
2.0 out of 5 starsPushing an open door

Max Holland "reveals for the first time in detail what truly motivated" Mark Felt - announces the dust cover. Read more

Published on February 6, 2014 by J. Taborda Barreto
5.0 out of 5 starsThe only book to thoroughly disclose the true story behind the fall of...

Very carefully written and convincing book, explaining the motives and influence of Deep Throat. I could not put it down. Read more

Published on November 30, 2013 by Brad Rockwell
5.0 out of 5 starsONE OF THE BEST!

I have been reading about Watergate ever since I began following the series of articles in the Washington Post back in 1972-74. Read more

Published on August 6, 2013 by Mel Ayton
2.0 out of 5 starsboring

Too much info for me, well researched, the writing is okay, but only maybe 50 pages would tell me all I need.

Published on February 28, 2013 by Les
5.0 out of 5 starsWell researched, good read

I thought this would be a rehash of yesterday's hash, but it is worth buying and reading.
Historians will keep it on their shelves.

Published on June 11, 2012 by Ex-FBI Geezer
5.0 out of 5 starsIntrigue and Suspicion

, like so many in my generation, first learned about "Deep Throat" and Watergate through film, not literature. Read more

Published on June 4, 2012 by Zachary Bailes
4.0 out of 5 starsA major achievement

Max Holland has done more than anyone to show the motives for why FBI official Mark Felt was at least one of the key sources for Bob Woodward during his reporting on Watergate. Read more

Published on May 22, 2012 by Ray Locker

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