Watergate: A New History - Garrett M. Graff
Category: Political
Tags: Political, Autobiography & Biographies, Adults
In the early hours of June 17, 1972, a security guard named Frank Wills enters six words into the log book of the Watergate office complex that will change the course of history: 1:47 AM Found tape on doors; call police., The subsequent arrests of five men seeking to bug and burgle the Democratic National Committee officesthree of them Cuban exiles, two of them former intelligence operativesquickly unravels a web of scandal that ultimately ends a presidency and forever alters views of moral authority and leadership. Watergate, as the event is called, becomes a shorthand for corruption, deceit, and unanswered questions., Now, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Garrett M. Graff explores the full scope of this unprecedented moment from start to finish, in the first comprehensive, single-volume account in decades., The story begins in 1971, with the publication of thousands of military and government documents known as the Pentagon Papers, which reveal dishonesty about the dec
