Bob woodwards new book puts readers face to face with trump drawing from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand. The book chronicles the investigative reporting of woodward and bernstein from woodwards initial report on the watergate breakin through the resignations of nixon administration officials h. Not long after the resignation of richard nixon in august 1974, woodward and bernstein took a leave of absence from the washington post in. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of president richard nixon. He wants to revoke all the trade agreements nafta, korus, which he feels are not favorable to. In a new book, bob woodward plans to reveal the harrowing life inside donald trumps white house with authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from nixon to obama, woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside donald trumps white house and how the president makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. The watergate reporter bob woodward is writing a followup to fear, his 2018 bestseller on the trump white house and this time, the president has decided to talk. With fear and trump, bob woodward has a bookend to the nixon. Bob woodward on trump, nixon and anonymity the reporter sat down with the daily to talk about what it took to get access to the white house and why he called his new book fear. Bob woodward is an associate editor of the washington post, where he has worked for nearly 43 years. Bob woodward is an associate editor at the washington post, where he has worked for fortyseven years. He has shared in two pulitzer prizes, first for the posts coverage of the watergate scandal with carl bernstein, and second in 2003 as the lead reporter for coverage of the 911 terrorist attacks. Bob woodward s reporting on the nixon administration pioneered an approach to journalism that drew from anonymous sources and has been widely used since.
Woodward reveals the untold story of alexander butterfield, the nixon aide who disclosed the secret white house taping system that changed history and led to nixons resignation. With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from nixon to obama, woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside donald trumps white house and how the president makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Bob woodward reveals nixon secrets from white house aide. As per the book, trump seems obsessed with trade deficits and war spending mainly in afghanistan and south korea. Bob woodward, who came to prominence with watergate scandal that exposed nixon, claims to have interviewed many key players who worked directly with the president in the white house. Those books are masterpieces of fictionalized history, while fear is a remarkable feat of reporting conveyed in prose that couldnt be called. In fortysix hours of interviews with butterfield, supported by thousands of documents. It also includes woodward s favorite nixon white house anecdote, which appears in multiple books. All the presidents men is a 1974 nonfiction book by carl bernstein and bob woodward, two of the journalists who investigated the june 1972 breakin at the watergate office building and the resultant political scandal for the washington post. He has authored or coauthored eighteen books, all of which have been. The final days is a 1976 nonfiction book written by bob woodward and carl bernstein about.
Moment by moment, bernstein and woodward portray the taut, postwatergate white house as nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable resignation. Gray, in his book in nixons web, even went so far as to publish an email and telephone exchange he had with donald santarelli, a. Theyre being revealed by nixon aide alexander butterfield, who shared details with legendary watergate reporter bob woodward. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. Nixons actions as president nearly brought the executive branch down and paralyzed the ability of the. Woodward joins cbs this morning to discuss his new book, the. Staff assistants in the nixon white house were called higbys, after larry higby, chief of. Bob woodward is an american journalist and author who is best known. Witness to nixon, bob woodward laments the state of. Haldeman and john ehrlichman in april 1973, and the revelati.
Marz 1943 in geneva, illinois ist ein us amerikanischer. He has authored or coauthored eighteen books, all of which have been national nonfiction. Robert upshur woodward is an american investigative journalist. Bob woodward the official website of author bob woodward. While a young reporter for the washington post in 1972, woodward teamed up with carl bernstein. Bob woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the richard nixon puzzle in this. Bob woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the richard nixon puzzle in his new book the last of the presidents men.
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