Watergate: the hidden history: Nixon, the Mafia, and the CIA - Couverture souple

Waldron, Lamar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 192224743X ISBN 13 : 9781922247438

Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2014

Synopsis

While Richard Nixon's culpability for Watergate has long been established, it is remarkable that - after almost 40 years - conventional accounts of the scandal still don't address Nixon's motive. Why was he willing to jeopardise his presidency by ordering the wide range of criminal operations that resulted in Watergate? What was he so desperate to get at the Watergate, and how does it explain the deeper context surrounding his crimes? Lamar Waldron has undertaken groundbreaking research, revealed in this book for the first time, that provides documented answers to these questions. They add crucial missing pieces to the Watergate story - information that Nixon wanted, but couldn't get, and that wasn't available to the Senate Watergate Committee, or to Woodward and Bernstein. *Watergate: the hidden history* builds on and re-examines the historical record, drawing on a wealth of new material: thousands of recently declassified CIA and FBI files; newly released Nixon tapes; and exclusive interviews with those involved, ranging from former Nixon officials to key aides for John and Robert Kennedy. Comprehensive and compelling, this is a monumental work of investigative research.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Praise for Legacy of Secrecy: "Explosive new material, based mainly on government documents from the National Archives." --Vanity Fair "Waldron and Hartmann offer convincing evidence ... A riveting take on the assassination itself and the devastating results of government secrets, this account proves the continuing relevancy and importance of seeking the truth behind one of the US's most personal tragedies." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "I believe Waldron's heavy-to-lift book is actually all but the last word on these troubling assassinations which have been so wildly speculated about since 1963 ... Lamar Waldron, indefatigable public servant and author deserves his own Pulitzer Prize for his great work." --Liz Smith, New York Post "They've done a service by digging up the deepest, darkest, most disturbing archival evidence to support their Mob hit theory." --Ron Rosenbaum "Staggering!" --Mark Crispin Miller "Exhaustively researched" --The New York Observer "[Legacy of Secrecy contains] over 800 pages of intricately documented data. Their findings add pieces to one of our most perplexing puzzles, and suggest where the key missing pieces may be found." --Ronald Goldfarb, The Daily Beast

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lamar Waldron's historical research and nonfiction books, including Legacy of Secrecy and Watergate: a hidden history, have won praise from Publishers Weekly, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, and major publications in Europe. He has been called 'the ultimate JFK historian' by Variety, and his groundbreaking work has been the subject of two primetime specials on the Discovery Channel, produced by NBC News. He has been featured on CNN, the History Channel, Fox News, and television specials in England, Germany, Japan, and Australia. Legacy of Secrecy is being produced as a major motion picture by Warner Bros that will star Leonardo DiCaprio, also a producer on the film, as well as Robert De Niro.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Publications
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 192224743X
• ISBN 13: 9781922247438
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 816