All the President's Men

Today's nonfiction post is on All the President's Men Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. 349 pages long and is published by Simon and Schuster.. The cover is a picture of Richard Nixon and his closet aids. The intended reader is someone who is interested in one of the biggest scandals in American history. There is some foul language, no sex, and discussion of violence in this book. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the dust jacket- The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story. This is “the work that brought down a presidency— perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history” (Time, All-Time 100 Best Nonfiction Books).
This is the book that changed America. Published just two months before President Nixon’s resignation, All the President’s Men revealed the full scope of the Watergate scandal and introduced for the first time the mysterious “Deep Throat.” Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing through headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward deliver the stunning revelations and pieces in the Watergate puzzle that brought about Nixon’s shocking downfall. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post, toppled the president, and have since inspired generations of reporters.
All the President’s Men is a riveting detective story, capturing the exhilarating rush of the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history as it unfolded in real time. It is, as former New York Times managing editor Gene Roberts has called it, “maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time.”

Review- An interesting and through account from the two reporters who covered the Watergate scandal from the beginning. Bernstein and Woodward were two reporters that worked fort he Washington Post when they both noticed something odd about a break-in at the Democratic headquarters. Woodward was sent to cover the court proceedings and he noticed that someone from the White House was there on the defendants side of the court. From there he and Bernstein became invested in discovering what was really going on. This is the personal written account of what happened as Bernstein and Woodward investigated and what they discovered. The writing is good, the story, which I knew only a little of, was fascinating, and details are not overwhelming. If you are interesting in what Bernstein and Woodward were really trying to do and the story from their experiences, then you need to read this book.

I give this book a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.