About this title: The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the office of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel on June 17, 1971, and ended when President Gerald Ford granted Richard M. Nixon a pardon on September 8, 1974, one month after Nixon resigned from office in disgrace. Effectively removed from the reach of prosecutors, Nixon returned to California, uncontrite and unconvicted, convinced that time would exonerate him of any wrongdoing and certain that history would remember his great accomplishments--the opening of China and the winding down of the Vietnam War--and forget his ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 09/2007
ISBN-13:9780307394200ISBN:0307394204
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 207 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780307394200ISBN:0307394204
Description: New in new dust jacket. unread, remainder mark. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 207 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307394903ISBN:0307394905
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
Date Published: 2008-05-27
ISBN-13:9780307394903ISBN:0307394905
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Random House Audio
Date Published: 2007-06-19
ISBN-13:9780739354612ISBN:0739354612
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780307394903ISBN:0307394905
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"Interesting companion to the play. As other reviewers have noted this creates the impression that the play attempts to stay pretty close to the story.
The book is interesting as it recounts the amount of work that went into building the Frost Team's strategy. Research (especially the discovered Colson transcripts) plays a critical role and the book makes a strong arguement that without this information, the "apology" moment would not have occured.
Reston also reveals how essential the strategy was to the success of the interviews ie attempting to draw Nixon out, allowing him to make legalistic defense, challenge with factual information--parts of the story read like a perfectly executed chess match. Obviously this would not translate well to screen or stage, but interesting as a book.
One note is that Reston often seems to let his bias show. Some examples include describing Colson's secretary as "looking gulible", such moments are rather striking, compared to the rest of the book which comes across much more neutral."
"Richard Nixon and Watergate are fascinating stories because of the whole tragic flaw theory of the classic Greek dramas. This is the story behind the scenes of Frost interviewing Nixon and extracting the famous apology. The author is a novelist and professor, besides a political researcher, and makes a terrific comparison to The Odyssey and the capture of Proteus. The book is the basis for the recent play and movie, and I'm planning to watch the original interview tapes next."
"This book is a behind-the-scenes narrative. If you know nothing or very little about Nixon and Watergate, etc., I wouldn't recommend it. The author expects you to know a great deal of general material. Having said that, I'm finding it a fascinating read."
"After seeing the movie and the play, I was very interested in reading something by Reston. I listened to the audio book and it was neat to hear how much of the real story was in the play/movie -- a lot, but there were some changes for dramatic effect. What a sleeze Nixon was!"
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