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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 06:37 PM Feb 2022

Watergate, A New History - Garrett M. Graff

Just published this week, weighing in at 800 pages. I'm only 50 pages in but it's really good: It's all coming back to me - Colson, Hunt, Anthony Ulasewicz etc. etc.
.....Misty, water colored memories of The Way We Were.
Recommended!

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Watergate, A New History - Garrett M. Graff (Original Post) Tomconroy Feb 2022 OP
Has time rewritten every line? dchill Feb 2022 #1
Thanks for the information. LoisB Feb 2022 #2
Anthony Ulasewicz. That's a name I don't recall. rsdsharp Feb 2022 #3
How can anyone beat Woodward and Bernstein? ificandream Feb 2022 #4
Finished the book and I think it has it all over W and B. Tomconroy Feb 2022 #5
Hmmm. OK. I may have to consider this one. ificandream Feb 2022 #6
Less than 40 pages in after the intro and prologue, IL Dem May 2022 #7
I finished it last year. ificandream Oct 2023 #8

rsdsharp

(10,115 posts)
3. Anthony Ulasewicz. That's a name I don't recall.
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 07:06 PM
Feb 2022

I knew they paid hush money, but not who delivered it.

 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
5. Finished the book and I think it has it all over W and B.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:16 PM
Feb 2022

Amazing amount of detail. W and B come across ok but not perfect. John Dean comes across pretty badly truth to tell.
Just one tid bit: Mark Felt (deep throat) was using W for his own purpose. He leaked stories to a lot of people in hopes of making Patrick Grey look bad so Felt would be appointed FBI director. Nixon knew almost immedietly that Felt was the leaker from the FBI. Someone leaked his identity!
Fascinating stuff.

IL Dem

(844 posts)
7. Less than 40 pages in after the intro and prologue,
Sat May 21, 2022, 08:27 AM
May 2022

Last edited Sat May 21, 2022, 11:19 AM - Edit history (1)

just learned about the "Chenault Affair."

To be fair to myself, I was only 15 at the time. Had never heard of this before.

So another election majorly affected by the skullduggery of the Rs.

ificandream

(10,507 posts)
8. I finished it last year.
Wed Oct 25, 2023, 12:26 AM
Oct 2023

I didn't appreciate his sniping at W&B, but I thought it was well done, anyway.

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