10 Books About Watergate and/or Richard Nixon to Warm Your Heart During the Cold Months
1. All the President’s Men (1974) by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein All the President’s Men , more than any other book, captures the romance of Watergate: good vs. evil, the dogged hunt for the truth; figures in the shadows; coded messages; two neophytes (one vaguely resembling Robert Redford, the other looking a little like Dustin Hoffman) rousing the dangerous, secretive organization. One of the first books written in the style of the New Journalism, which combines non-fiction with the story-telling techniques of fiction, All the President’s Men remains in our memory because it was written to (and because it was made into a movie). Woodward’s and Bernstein’s book has become a fable, an actual legend, stirring in our unconscious. Who can recite the contents of any of the three articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon approved by the House Judiciary Committee? But if I said, “Deep Throat would be a cool person to hang out with, but I would...