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All the President's Men (S&S Classic Editions)
by Carl Bernstein (Creator: Bob Woodward)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (1999-07-01)
ISBN: 0684863553
EAN: 9780684863559
Dewy Decimal #: 364.1320973
Hardcover: 352 pages
Edition: 25th Anniv
SKU: T071203-3207
Condition: Good
Comments: Good overall condition. No writing, tight binding. Bumped corners. A tear on dust cover. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The 25th-anniversary edition of Bernstein and Woodward's classic of investigative journalism. In what must be the most devastating political detective story of the century, two young Washington Post reporters whose brilliant investigative journalism smashed the Watergate scandal wide open tell the whole behind-the-scenes drama the way it really happened. The story begins with a burglary at Democratic National Committee headquarters on June 17, 1972. Bob Woodward, who was then working on the Washington Post's District of Columbia staff, was called into the office on a Saturday morning to cover the story. Carl Bernstein, a Virginia political reporter on the Post, was also assigned. The two men soon learned that this was not a simple burglary. Following lead after lead, Woodward and Bernstein picked up a trail of money, secrecy and high-level pressure that led to the Oval Office and implicated the men closest to Richard Nixon and then the President himself. Over the months, Woodward met secretly with Deep Throat, now perhaps America's most famous still-anonymous source. Here is the amazing story. From the first suspicions through the tortuous days of reporting and finally getting people to talk, the journalists were able to put the pieces of the puzzle together and produce the stories that won the Post a Pulitzer Prize. All the President's Men is the inside story of how Bernstein and Woodward broke the story that brought about the President's downfall. This is the reporting that changed the American presidency.
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Customer Reviews
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More than a B-plus
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-11-09
I just finished this book a few minutes ago. All I can say is, "WOW!"
Having grown up in the naive period when we were inculcated with the notion that elected officials looked out for us regular people, it is hard to shake some of that naivete unless it's in print and in front of my eyes. And this book does an outstanding job at educating people in the subversion of the democratic process from within. However...I think when the definitive book on the George W. Bush administration is written, it will be far more devastating.
The book is an amazing triumph for Woodward and Bernstein, and a terrific experience for the reader. Next on my list is "The Final Days."
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Must Read for all Americans
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-11-09
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I purchased this book after seeing the movie, again, on TCM a couple of weeks ago. If you like the movie, you'll love the book.
I was just 7-8 years old while Woodward and Bernstein were writing their Watergate stories for the Washington Post and knew very little about the details that led to President Nixon's ultimate downfall. Until now. I couldn't put this book down. It is filled with every detail of the Watergate break-in and the subsequent events that brought down the Nixon White House. The book covers everything, step by step, from learning of the Watergate break-in to Nixon being connected to many, many "dirty tricks" (and you won't believe some of them! Wow!) played to assure him a win in the election. Woodward and Bernstein labored day and night for the truth and refused to publish their stories until they were sure they had it. They protected their sources and never gave up even when it would have been VERY easy to do so. They asked tough questions, tracked down elusive witnesses and kept the public informed with their reporting. They saw a wrong and devoted that part of their lives to their investigation until the public was completely aware of the truth. Ultimately, they brought down a president, but their reporting exposed a White House that cared more about winning an election-- and one that pursued illegal activities to do it--than it did about protecting the citizens of the country that elected them. Woodward and Bernstein seem to be exactly what the forefathers had in mind when they provided for a "free press" in our Constitution.
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All The President's men
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-31
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was interested in this book because I was part of the "dirty Tricks" by the Nixon administration. I was threated over the telephone and my daughter's horse was "shortreined" but caught in time. My husband was a democrat running for office. I met Mr. Bernstein about 6 months ago and was very impressed with his knowledge of journalism. I found the book extremely interesting and it is a first edition. A real keeper.
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A Classic
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-08-14
This book is a must-read for everyone. If you want to understand how people in power can abuse that power and how they hide it from you, read this book. It is also very well written and as good as any mystery. Learn what Nixon was really doing to get elected and how he and his henchmen tried to call it "national security."
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A Masterpiece of Journalism!
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-06-22
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Woodward and Bernstein detective work did an amazing job of unraveling Nixon's foolish ways. Part of Nixon was genius (with his foreign policy), but the other part was fool (dealing with Watergate).
This is the story of a failed presidency that had the potential of greatness. It all started because of foolish antics at the Watergate hotel. Woodward and Bernstein are like bulldogs as they unravel the web of deception and dishonesty that plagued Nixon and his highest staff.
This is a masterpiece of journalism. If only we had journalists today that would seek the truth like these two did back in the 1970s!
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