The Original Watergate Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00SBVRLPC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 591 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The story reported that a team of burglars had been arrested inside the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office complex in Washington. This audiobook is a look back at the dramatic chain of events that would convulse Washington for two years and lead to the first resignation of a US president, forever changing American politics.. "5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Offices Here", said the headline at the bottom of page one in The Washington Post on Sunday, June 18, 1972. The Post won a Pulitzer Prize for its work, which became the subject of two best-selling books and the renowned movie All the President's Men. To mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal, The Washington Post's seminal Watergate stories have been gathered together for the first time as an audiobook, including a foreword by journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein assessing the impact of their stories 40 years later. On assignment, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward uncovered a widespread political scandal and cover-up at the highest levels of government, culminating with the resignation of President Richard Nixon
"seminal stories" means this is just a selection of them Prime buyer DC As a history buff and Watergate aficianado, I hoped this would be a day by day collection of all the stories -- ideal for someone like me who has read all the books but was too young to read the newspaper at the time (I was born a year before the break in). Instead we start on June 19th and quickly skip to the beginning of August, then immediately on to Spetember. I wanted to read the first mention of Howard Hunt, but instead we skip to August wh. Go for it - now Rocklobster I was just entering my teens when this all happened. At 12 I didn't really understand it all. Then, I was away at camp and we hear that the president is resigning. I remember many of us kids kind of cried; not becuase of then President Nixon, not all. You see, we were all military families. We just didn't know if our dads would have to go to war. We didn't understand. We were all assured that all will be well. It was.This compilation of every sto. Okay as far as it goes, but overall a disappointment. I purchased "The Original Watergate Stories" thinking I was getting a compendium of all of the stories related to the Watergate scandals that were published by the Washington Post in 1972-7Okay as far as it goes, but overall a disappointment. Mike Powers I purchased "The Original Watergate Stories" thinking I was getting a compendium of all of the stories related to the Watergate scandals that were published by the Washington Post in 1972-74. Much to my disappointment, relatively very few stories are actually included in this Kindle Single. There are huge gaps in the dates of many of the stories. As a result, much of the immediacy of the events, and the pervasive "crisis atmosphere" brought on by. . Much to my disappointment, relatively very few stories are actually included in this Kindle Single. There are huge gaps in the dates of many of the stories. As a result, much of the immediacy of the events, and the pervasive "crisis atmosphere" brought on by