The Final Days
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the sweltering summer of 1974, the most powerful office in the world was imploding — and two journalists were watching from the inside. The Final Days chronicles the last fifteen months of Richard Nixon's presidency, reconstructing in extraordinary detail the psychological collapse of a commander-in-chief as the Watergate scandal closed in around him. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with White House insiders, Cabinet members, and key political figures, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein present an almost hour-by-hour account of Nixon's desperate attempts to survive, the fractures within his inner circle, and the agonising deliberations that culminated in the first — and only — resignation of an American president. Written with the same relentless investigative rigour that defined All the President's Men, this work stands as a landmark of American political journalism, unafraid to place the reader inside closed-door meetings and private moments of despair with unnerving intimacy. Woodward and Bernstein argue, through meticulous reporting, that Nixon's fall was not merely a political scandal but a profound human drama — one of hubris, paranoia, and institutional resilience. For anyone who believes they understand the full story of Watergate, The Final Days offers a chilling reminder that the truth is always more extraordinary than the myth.
Author: Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Format: Hardback
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
In the sweltering summer of 1974, the most powerful office in the world was imploding — and two journalists were watching from the inside. The Final Days chronicles the last fifteen months of Richard Nixon's presidency, reconstructing in extraordinary detail the psychological collapse of a commander-in-chief as the Watergate scandal closed in around him. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with White House insiders, Cabinet members, and key political figures, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein present an almost hour-by-hour account of Nixon's desperate attempts to survive, the fractures within his inner circle, and the agonising deliberations that culminated in the first — and only — resignation of an American president. Written with the same relentless investigative rigour that defined All the President's Men, this work stands as a landmark of American political journalism, unafraid to place the reader inside closed-door meetings and private moments of despair with unnerving intimacy. Woodward and Bernstein argue, through meticulous reporting, that Nixon's fall was not merely a political scandal but a profound human drama — one of hubris, paranoia, and institutional resilience. For anyone who believes they understand the full story of Watergate, The Final Days offers a chilling reminder that the truth is always more extraordinary than the myth.