Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall

Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall

by Elizabeth Drew
Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall

Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall

by Elizabeth Drew

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An updated edition of the landmark work of political journalism:“Unquestionably the best book yet on Watergate, and conceivably the best we will ever get.” —Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone

Washington Journal opens in 1973 and follows the deterioration of Richard Nixon’s presidency in real time. With her unprecedented access to the top figures, Elizabeth Drew’s on-the-scene reporting is even more remarkable in hindsight, as Washington Journal captures the feeling of the period and reports conversations with the key decision-makers as they made up their minds about the most fateful vote they would cast. It also shows us the sense of fear among both close observers and the citizenry, as well as their nervous laughter at the era’s absurdities.

Drew understands Richard Nixon as well as this most complex figure can be understood, and she shows how he brought himself down. This edition includes a new afterword revealing the fascinating—and frequently hilarious—story of Nixon’s efforts to regain respectability after he’d been forced from office, and also offers original insights into the meaning of Watergate and

Nixon. Rich with new information unavailable at the time, the afterword is a major addition to a unique and enduring work of reportage.

“Tells the story not as a tidy tale with a clear beginning and inevitable end, but as an experience thick with confusion, rumors, alarm, and half-truths . . . Helpful for trying to understand what it is like to live through a period of great confusion and potentially great import.” —Ezra Klein

“An amazing book that more than stands the test of time.” —Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times-bestselling author of And There Was Light

“To understand how the melodrama played out in real time in the capital, there may be no better guide than Washington Journal.” —Frank Rich, New York Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781468309973
Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.
Publication date: 09/01/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 464
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Drew is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and the former Washington correspondent of The New Yorker and The Atlantic. She is the author of fourteen books, including The Corruption of American Politics, also available from The Overlook Press.

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“Forty years after the greatest scandal of the American presidency, Elizabeth Drew’s account in Washington Journal remains fresh and riveting, instructive and evocative. Her afterword on Nixon’s post-Watergate life is equally compelling.” —Tom Brokaw
 
“A journal so meticulous, so coolly absorbing as to render the year almost reasonable.” —Joan Didion
 
“Indispensable . . . Superb . . . [Drew] has succeeded admirably in coolly, clinically, meticulously recording the way it was. Her work is bound to be indispensable.” —The Washington Post
 
“Of all the books on Watergate, this is the one that will last.” —John W. Gardner
 
“Elizabeth Drew made me feel again the strong emotions of those extraordinary months in 1974 when Richard Nixon was unmasked—the doubt, the tension, the relief. It was a time in our lives when the Constitution came alive, and she makes us understand how it happened. It is wonderful to be reminded.” —Anthony Lewis
 
“A sober, thorough, and sensitive report.” —The New York Times Books Review

"One of the pioneers of women in journalism." —Chuck Todd, MSNBC

“Like nothing else I’ve ever read about that period, really shows what it was like to be there.” —Molly Ball, The Atlantic
 
“Full of observations and sensory details that give the word ‘Watergate’ meaning beyond the well-worn symbols of corruption and . . . From the first page, you feel that you are in smoggy, stuffy Washington, watching things get bizarre.” —Barnes and Noble Review
 
“A classic of American political journalism . . . Forty years later, it’s every bit as riveting.” —Judy Woodruff, PBS Newshour

“Unquestionably the best book yet on Watergate, and conceivably the best we will ever get.” —Greil Marcus, Rolling Stone

“A true thriller.”Houston Chronicle

 "[Washington Journal], originally published in 1975, closely chronicled the events leading up to and following the Watergate scandal. Forty years later, Nixon’s secret plan for career rehab is revealed in Drew’s new afterward, including attempts that Nixon made to stay relevant in the political world.” —Politico

"Compelling . . . a reminder that American politicians can rise and respond to crises." —Al Hunt, Bloomberg View
 

 

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