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The book's final 300 pages cover Bill Clinton's administration. Nearly 100 pages are devoted to Reagan's administration. The book largely delves into the personal discussions that each president had during each issue, with no holds barred regarding profanity. Shadow was written with the research help of Jeff Glasser.
The plot is loosely based on events leading up to the Watergate coverup, centered on Nixon administration attempts to cover up its own illegal activity and that of the CIA dating back to the Kennedy administration. Although all characters are fictional, most are based on real-life political figures, and journalists such as columnist Jack Anderson.
Based on these revelations, Texas A&M history professor Luke Nichter, who had successfully petitioned for the release of the information, [124] argued that Woodward and Bernstein were incorrect in concluding, based largely on Watergate burglar James McCord's word, that the purpose of the break-in was to bug O'Brien's phone to gather political ...
All the President's Men is a 1974 non-fiction book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two of the journalists who investigated the June 1972 break-in at the Watergate Office Building and the resultant political scandal for The Washington Post.
Marlon James releases the second book in his Dark Star Trilogy, and Garrett M. Graff writes the definitive history of the Watergate scandal. 5 books not to miss: Marlon James’ ‘Moon Witch ...
War by Bob Woodward. With War, Bob Woodward reaches new heights.It’s the #1 book in the country, some 50 years after he and Bernstein hit #1 with All The President’s Men.That’s an amazing ...
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The setting, to mention names, is the Abbey of Crewe, the immoralities are those of Watergate.", referring to the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. That review concluded "Muriel Spark is the first writer to demonstrate that Watergate and its attendant immoralities are materials not of tragedy, but of farce". [3]