by Carl Bernstein (Author)
'The story read Five men, one of whom said he is a former employee of the CIA, were arrested yesterday in what authorities described as an elaborate plot to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee. The thought that the break-in might be the work of the Republicans seemed implausible...' When two reporters are assigned to cover what seems a routine burglary in the opulent Watergate building in downtown Washington, it becomes the first step in what must be the most devastating political detective story. This is Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's gripping story of how they uncovered a scandal that still reverberates throughout the world. It follows their first suspicions through the torturous trail of false leads, lies, secrecy and high-level pressure, to the final moments when they are able to put the pieces of the puzzle together and write the expose that wins them a Pulitzer Prize and leads to the downfall of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon.
Format: Perfect Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 2005
ISBN 10: 0747578591
ISBN 13: 9780747578598
Book Overview: The revelation of the identity of the journalists' informant Deep Throat as former FBI number two, Mark Felt, has catapulted this classic story back into the newspapers. Bob Woodward is now writing a new book on Deep Throat, and Mark Felt himself is being published in July by Simon & Schuster. Made into a film starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, screenplay by William Goldman and directed by Alan Pakula Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward remain well-respected writers and investigative journalists