Bob Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle in this âintimate but disturbing portrayal of Nixon in the Oval Officeâ (The Washington Post).
âFour decades after Watergate shook America, journalist Bob Woodward returns to the scandal to profile Alexander Butterfield, the Richard Nixon aide who revealed the existence of the Oval Office tapes and effectively toppled the presidencyâŠWoodward re-creates detailed scenes, which reveal the petty power plays of Americaâs most powerful menâŠa close-up view of the Oval Office in its darkest hourâ (Kirkus Reviews). In The Last of the Presidentâs Men, Woodward reveals the untold story based on forty-six hours of interviews with Butterfield, supported by thousands of documentsâmany of them original and not in the presidential archives and librariesâand uncovered new dimensions of Nixonâs secrets, obsessions, and deceptions.
âThis volumeâŠamplifies (rather than revises) the familiar, almost Miltonian portrait of the thirty-seventh presidentâŠas a brooding, duplicitous despot, obsessed with enemies and score-settling and not the least bit hesitant about lying to the public and breaking the lawâ (The New York Times). Today, The Last of the Presidentâs Men could not be more timely and relevant as voters question how much do we know about those who are now seeking the presidency in 2016âwhat really drives them, how do they really make decisions, who do they surround themselves with, and what are their true political and personal values? This is âyet another fascinating gift to history by DCâs most relentless reporterâ (Politico).