Watergate: The Full Inside Story

by Cal McCrystal, Cal McCrystal, Chester Lewis

New,unread clean tight copy. hardcover has reinforced plastic wrap over the dust jacket. Cover picture has a big door knob. First Printing, 1973, Ballantine Books.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Politics, True Crime

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Carolien]

A very good chronological description of the Watergate scandal covering the first Nixon administration up to June 29173. It provides a lot of information on the who the main role players were and the origins of the scandal. A good companion book to The Final Days.

[Sue Law]

Good, clear coverage of the facts known at the time of writing, but note that it was written just as the Senate hearing was starting, so don't expect the full story.

[Danny Voss]

From January 1973: “The United States was ‘closer to one-man rule than at any time in our history… Fundamentally we have experienced an exhaustion of important institutions in America. Today, only the presidency is activist and strong, whole other traditional centers of power are depleted.’ Congress was impotent, the Republican Party was in ‘utter vassalage’ to the President, the Democratic Party was in disarray and the press was ineffective.”

And the wheel? Still it turns.

[Pelvis Resley]

Journos expose Dick's
sieve-lipped, Pinocchio-nosed
politic-ho's woes!

[Matt]

Great insight on the Watergate scandal, should be read by anyone interested on the case.