The Final Days - Couverture souple

Woodward, Bob

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743274067 ISBN 13 : 9780743274067

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2005

Synopsis

The Final Days "The Final Days" is the classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon's dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of Congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable resignation. This brilliant book reveals the ordeal of Nixon's fall from office -- one of th... Full description

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

From the bestselling authors of All the Presidents Men
'An extraordinary work of reportage on the epic political story of our time'
Newsweek
'Fascinating, macabre, mordant, melancholy, frightening…'
Los Angeles Times
The Final Days is the classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon's dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of Congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable resignation. This brilliant book reveals the ordeal of Nixon's fall from office - one of the gravest crises in American presidential history.
'Unprecedented…Mr Nixon emerges as a tragic figure weathering a catastrophic ordeal…and weathering it with considerable courage and dignity'
New York Times

Biographie de l'auteur :

Bob Woodward is an associate editor at The Washington Post, where he has worked for forty-seven years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, first for the Post’s coverage of the Watergate scandal with Carl Bernstein, and second in 2003 as the lead reporter for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored or coauthored eighteen books, all of which have been national nonfiction bestsellers. Twelve of those have been #1 national bestsellers. 

Carl Bernstein is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine and has written for a variety of publications. He is the author of Loyalties: A Son’s Memoir, and has coauthored His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time with Marco Politi, as well as All the President's Men and The Final Days with Bob Woodward.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743274067
• ISBN 13: 9780743274067
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496