All The President's Men Summary
Morgan Dunston
All the Presidents Men
All the Presidents Men was written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Between 1972 and 1976, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein emerged as two of the most famous journalists in America and forever became known as the reporters who broke the biggest story in American politics. When every other newspaper dismissed the Watergate Scandal as nonsense, these two men came together and uncovered the true story. Beginning with the investigation of a "third-rate burglary" of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex, Woodward and Bernstein uncovered a system of political "dirty tricks" and crimes that eventually led to indictments of forty White House and administration officials. Their …show more content…
There is a recurring theme of “dirty politics” and the extremes that politicians will go through in order to secure a seat in office. Woodward and Bernstein's notes from source interviews, drafts of newspaper stories and books, memos, letters, tape recordings, research materials, and other Watergate papers was evidence used to support the authors argument throughout the book. All the President's Men was a very hard book to read. It really seemed like the story wasn't going anywhere until the last few chapters. It actually seemed like the same exact things were happening over and over, but with different people being interviewed. It did provide a few pictures of some of the men involved and a few footnotes to better explain a few things. These did help, but it wasn't enough for me to really enjoy the story or remember each person. I think that the story needs to be told, but in a few less words. It was a very important case for the United States, but not many people would like to or would need to know so many details about every single conversation and discovery involved. These things are great for historians, but not in a story. Overall, the book was written well and very informational, but I would not recommend it to be read for
All the Presidents Men
All the Presidents Men was written by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Between 1972 and 1976, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein emerged as two of the most famous journalists in America and forever became known as the reporters who broke the biggest story in American politics. When every other newspaper dismissed the Watergate Scandal as nonsense, these two men came together and uncovered the true story. Beginning with the investigation of a "third-rate burglary" of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex, Woodward and Bernstein uncovered a system of political "dirty tricks" and crimes that eventually led to indictments of forty White House and administration officials. Their …show more content…
There is a recurring theme of “dirty politics” and the extremes that politicians will go through in order to secure a seat in office. Woodward and Bernstein's notes from source interviews, drafts of newspaper stories and books, memos, letters, tape recordings, research materials, and other Watergate papers was evidence used to support the authors argument throughout the book. All the President's Men was a very hard book to read. It really seemed like the story wasn't going anywhere until the last few chapters. It actually seemed like the same exact things were happening over and over, but with different people being interviewed. It did provide a few pictures of some of the men involved and a few footnotes to better explain a few things. These did help, but it wasn't enough for me to really enjoy the story or remember each person. I think that the story needs to be told, but in a few less words. It was a very important case for the United States, but not many people would like to or would need to know so many details about every single conversation and discovery involved. These things are great for historians, but not in a story. Overall, the book was written well and very informational, but I would not recommend it to be read for