This is an auction for WATERGATE by Fred Emery.

Subtitled "The Corruption and Fall of Richard Nixon".

This is a superb book. The parallels with Trump are extraordinary.

• DH

"Anyone who needs to be reminded that Watergate was more than a "third-rate burglary" should read Emery's retelling of the scandal that drove Nixon from office. Drawing on the memoirs of many of the Watergate figures as well as an examination of the most recently released Nixon tapes, Emery, former Washington bureau chief of the London Times, relates an engrossing story of how the Watergate break-in came to pass, and how the cover-up spread throughout Nixon's re-election committee and the White House. Given the illegal activities Nixon condoned and/or conducted most readers will find it hard to feel much sympathy for him even as the author relates the agony of the late president and his family during his final days in the White House as resignation became inevitable. This devastating account of presidential disgrace will give pause to those feeling bereaved by Nixon's death."

• Publishers Weekly (US)

"Emery provides an intricate, meticulously researched narrative that draws on interviews with the principals to explain how and why the Watergate break-in occurred. Emery provides a detailed examination of the Committee To Re-elect the President and its dirty tricks: wiretapping, money laundering, and the burglary of Democratic National Committee headquarters. Emery focuses on the tough political problems, documenting the need for impeachment and ultimately endorsing it. Riveting reading that is based on an unprecedented combing of the primary sources, this work will provide an excellent corrective to the whitewashing that occurred on Nixon's death."

• Library Journal (US)

Hardback 1994.

542 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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