Books by Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward is an American journalist who as a young reporter was propelled to stardom by his role in uncovering the Watergate scandal, along with his fellow metro reporter at the Washington Post, Carl Bernstein. He has written around 20 books, many of them about presidencies, relying on his high-level access to tell fast-paced stories about unfolding events, such as the Iraq War.
“It’s the wonderfully written story of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. They were young metro reporters who were assigned to Watergate when it was seen as a local burglary that happened to be at the Democratic Headquarters in DC. Recall, reports about Watergate didn’t deter Nixon’s reelection by a landslide in 1972. But the reporting of Woodward and Bernstein did catch the attention of senators and the judge in the trial of the burglars who were apprehended during the Watergate break-in.” Read more...
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David Greenberg, Historian
“This is a book you can’t put down. Bob Woodward has been revealing what happens behind closed doors in Washington since Watergate. Woodward has the long perspective of watching the American system since the seventies and Robert Costa is a wonderful reporter. The two of them take us through the last days of the Trump Administration. What they report is shocking and their reporting remains unchallenged. Once you start reading this, you have to finish it.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Bob Woodward were recommended
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Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
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Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
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Twilight of Democracy
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Peril
by Bob Woodward & Robert Costa
The Best Politics Books To Read in 2021, recommended by Larry Sabato
The Best Politics Books To Read in 2021, recommended by Larry Sabato
In many Western countries, citizens have long taken living in a democracy for granted. The last decade has changed all that, with fledgling democracies veering back to authoritarianism and even the most stable democracies being shaken by populist movements. Here, political scientist Larry J. Sabato turns the spotlight on the American republic, long a beacon for democracy around the globe, but now suffering its own internal turmoil. He recommends the best politics books to read in 2021, focusing on the United States.
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President Nixon: Alone in the White House
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All The President’s Men
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Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
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Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
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Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image
by David Greenberg
The best books on Richard Nixon, recommended by David Greenberg
The best books on Richard Nixon, recommended by David Greenberg
American president Richard Nixon will be forever remembered for his role in the Watergate scandal and his resignation in 1974, a blow for a man obsessed with his image who hoped to be remembered as a peacemaker on the global stage. Here historian David Greenberg, a professor at Rutgers, recommends books on a man who elicited very strong emotions, both for and against.
The Best True Crime Books, recommended by David Grann
True crime books can be all too easily chalked up as a genre of grisly murders and cheap, voyeuristic thrills—but to do so would be to overlook compelling evidence to the contrary. David Grann, whose true crime book revisits long-forgotten, or concealed, crimes in the Osage community of Oklahoma, raises the bar with examples of true crime books rich in historical discovery, literary merit and the kind of political inquiry these murky times are calling for.
The best books on Investigative Journalism, recommended by Nick Davies
The investigative journalist says when he started out reporting PR copy was a real rarity. If you were writing about crime, you’d call the police station and speak to an officer.
Since we spoke with Trump co-author, Tony Schwartz, last year, a number of new books on Donald Trump have been published. The latest (published September 15th) is Rage by Bob Woodward, the American investigative reporter of Watergate fame, who in recent decades has become a White House chronicler. A useful article on his relationship with the subject of his books, including Trump—important to bear in mind as you read the book—appears in this article, “How to Read a Woodward Book,” in the Atlantic.
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