Watergate by Fred Emery
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Book Reviews of Watergate
Book Review: An excellent comprehensive account of Watergate
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book. It covers all aspects of Watergate from beginning to end. If you want to know how Watergate happened and who all of the players are, this is the book. The author also explained quite well all of the contradictory statements by those involved. An excellent definative account.Book Review: The best, most balanced book on Nixon and Watergate
Summary: 5 Stars
A gripping and informative book. Whatever your views on Nixon and Watergate, this should enhance your understanding of events. Emery is extremely balanced and fair. His ability to take complex events and make them readable is nothing short of outstanding.Book Review: Clear, convincing, good
Summary: 5 Stars
THis books presents clear and convincing evidence about the Watergate break-in. The analysis is first-rate and the author does an excellent job of showing the whos and whys behind Watergate. Read this if you only read one book.Book Review: An excellent book for the post-Watergate generations
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a terrific look back on the Watergate scandal. Emery writes that his purpose is to tell the story for those who did not live through Watergate, and in this he achieves success. The account is direct, informative, and accessible. I was in primary school during the time of Watergate and understood nothing of what was going on (despite my father's assurances to me during the Ervin hearings that I was watching history being made). The only flaw, if one could call it that, in Emery's approach to the book is his failure to recognize that his intended audience has difficulty regarding Nixon as exceptional among American presidents. For those of us who came of age during the presidential scandals of the 1980s and 1990s, it is hard to resist the idea that what makes Nixon different is that he was foolish enough to ensare himself through the secret taping system. Apart from that, the pattern of Nixon deceptions parallels that of Clinton and, one doesn't really doubt, other presidents who have managed to keep their political secrets. All that said, this is a fascinating book, and I recommend it to anyone in the post-baby boom generations who wants to understand why Nixon resigned.Book Review: The "official" view
Summary: 2 Stars
I never cease to be amazed at the People's willingness to accept information at face value. This book avoids and does not even discuss other views of the Watergate break-in -- some of them quite credible or at least worthy of discussion. Read "Secret Agenda" by Jim Houghan and "Silent Coup." Whether you agree with these sources or not ("Secret Agenda," in particular, is thoroughly researched and totally credible) it is Fred Emery's job as author of a supposedly up-to-date treatise on Watergate to either concur with or refute these established sources. The bottom line is this: there is much more to the Watergate story than is presented in this book. John Dean has never come clean on a number of important details, and the reson for the break in is still shrouded in mystery -- a mystery that this book does absolutely nothing to dispel.
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