The Fall of Richard Nixon

Tom Brokaw recounts the endgame of the Watergate scandal and the Nixon presidency in real time, from his perspective in the press corps as a young White House correspondent for NBC News.In August 1974, after his involvement in the Watergate scandal was revealed, Richard Nixon became the first and only President to resign from office in anticipation of certain impeachment. The year that preceded was filled with shocking revelations and bizarre events, with power politics, legal jiu-jitsu and high-stakes showdowns, and with head-shaking surprises every day. Tom Brokaw, the NBC News White House correspondent during the final year of Watergate, writes of justice and judgment, in this nuanced and thoughtful chronicle, a close-up, personal account of the players, the strategies, and the highs and lows of the scandal that brought down a president. Brokaw says, "Now, almost half a century later, I find it instructive to remember what the country went through, and I wanted to...