The Palace Guard

Résumé du livre

Aims to contribute "insight to our understanding of how Watergate happened. Here are the inner workings of the Nixon White House as they unfolded in the years leading up to the break-in. Based on interviews, on-the-scene observations and hard pursuit of the facts, the book shows how Nixon's disciples acquired so much power, how they used it to elevate or destroy each other, and how, eventually, they set in motion the forces that have 'left an indelible moral stain on the American Presidency.' The book charts the flow of power around and inside the White House, vividly revealing the personalities of the men Richard Nixon chose to help him govern the country during his first term and detailing the rise and fall of his closest advisers"--From jacket flap.