Nixon: Ruin & Recovery 1973-1990

By (author): "Stephen E. Ambrose"
Publish Date: 1991
Nixon: Ruin & Recovery 1973-1990
ISBN0517104318
ISBN139780517104316
AsinNixon: Ruin & Recovery 1973-1990
Original titleNixon Volume #3: Ruin and Recovery 1973-1990
SeriesNixon #3
Watergate is a story of high drama and low skulduggery, of lies and bribes, of greed and lust for power. With access to the central characters, the public papers, and the trials transcripts, Ambrose explains how Nixon destroyed himself through a combination of arrogance and indecision, allowing a "third-rate burglary" to escalate into a scandal that overwhelmed his presidency. Within a decade and a half however, Nixon had become one of America's elder statesmen, respected internationally and at home even by those who had earlier clamoured loudest for his head. This is the story of Nixon's final fall from grace and astonishing recovery.