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hollireads's review against another edition
3.0
I feel like this was more a memoir of Tom Brokaws experience as a White House reporter at the time of watergate than a substantive history book. Interesting glimpse into what it was like to be a reporter at time, and lots of little anecdotes, but I didn’t learn a ton. I do love reading about personal experiences at specific historical events so this was not a disappointment, but I was hoping for a tad more of a deep dive into what happened.
hrhprincesimon's review against another edition
4.0
Damn if I don’t love an account from a reporter. Damn if I don’t love the White House press corps. Damn if I don’t love hearing about how absolutely insane and twisted the Nixon administration was. Thanks a&m campus barnes and noble political section I sat in front of for like 30 minutes looking over books before I found this one. Please hire better people to be White House staff if you are ever president.
snowlodger's review against another edition
3.0
This was written in a very conversational style, which I couldn’t quite get useful. It was very informative for someone like me, who was busy being born at the time.
swmproblems's review against another edition
4.0
It was insightful and I learned things I didn't know about Watergate- and that's saying a lot after listening to the Slow Burn podcast and the 6 or so episodes they had on this subject. It's about Watergate and the year +-long saga but it's a sort of memoir for Tom Brokaw as he puts some of his fond memories into recounting....lots of dining out and high-brow talk but still with liberal cred.
samuelblakey's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good, easy read, giving a few details of Watergate from the perspective of the White House press. At times, it felt as though Brokaw went out of his way to try and connect the scandal surrounding Nixon to the scandal surrounding Trump, which I found unnecessary. It whetted my appetite for more historical literature.
graff_fuller's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Stars
Wow, reading this book in this day in age (mid-August 2021)...after the debacle of POTUS Donald Trump and the January 6th storming of the Capitol Building...reading the incendent that lead to the Fall of Richard Nixon...I could see SO many parallels. It is actually frightning.
I was raised very conservative, and my Da always said that history would treat President Nixon fairer than his own time in Office (and shortly there after). Well, that definitely will not happen in my lifetime, nor ever.
The things that he did, were criminal. Call it like you see it. Irrefutable evidence was gathered of wrong doing...some even in his own voice damning himself.
Cut to this last president. I got to the point that I blocked every, I mean EVERY mention of his name and derogatory nicknames on my Social Media apps. I would have voted for the Donkey of the Democratic party INSTEAD of allowing THAT man a minute more in Office. What a blight on this country. Ugh. Words really cannot contain my frustration in his adminastration, and the idiots that to this day still fight for him. Unbelievable. Something from President Snow in the Hunger Games.
Well, reading this book has put a number of things into perspective. One, the country acted in the best interest of the people and actually removed Nixon from Office. It saddens me that in our time, we have not learned from previous lessons...and allowed an egomaniac to ride out his days (actually viewing it as a victory)...to the point that he tried to have a coup to stay in Office.
So, I can say that Richard Nixon is a better man than Donald Trump EVER was. Misguided and wrong, doing criminal things while in Office, but at least he walked away...when the country said to go.
I was young when these things were happening (being born in 1966), but so many of the names that were mentioned in this book were household names that effected the course of this country.
Should you read this book? Well, it is biased...for sure, but I do believe that Tom Brokaw is fairly fair. Actually more fair than I would be if I had to write a book of the Fall of Donald Trump (that's for sure).
There are probably many of sources that would be a LOT more interesting and would go into depth of what EXACTLY he (Nixon) did wrong, but for my head, this book touched on what I really wanted to know...and drew a line and described the events as they happened. It's a fairly good account through the eyes (and recollection) of a reporter of that time.
I'm glad that I read it.
Wow, reading this book in this day in age (mid-August 2021)...after the debacle of POTUS Donald Trump and the January 6th storming of the Capitol Building...reading the incendent that lead to the Fall of Richard Nixon...I could see SO many parallels. It is actually frightning.
I was raised very conservative, and my Da always said that history would treat President Nixon fairer than his own time in Office (and shortly there after). Well, that definitely will not happen in my lifetime, nor ever.
The things that he did, were criminal. Call it like you see it. Irrefutable evidence was gathered of wrong doing...some even in his own voice damning himself.
Cut to this last president. I got to the point that I blocked every, I mean EVERY mention of his name and derogatory nicknames on my Social Media apps. I would have voted for the Donkey of the Democratic party INSTEAD of allowing THAT man a minute more in Office. What a blight on this country. Ugh. Words really cannot contain my frustration in his adminastration, and the idiots that to this day still fight for him. Unbelievable. Something from President Snow in the Hunger Games.
Well, reading this book has put a number of things into perspective. One, the country acted in the best interest of the people and actually removed Nixon from Office. It saddens me that in our time, we have not learned from previous lessons...and allowed an egomaniac to ride out his days (actually viewing it as a victory)...to the point that he tried to have a coup to stay in Office.
So, I can say that Richard Nixon is a better man than Donald Trump EVER was. Misguided and wrong, doing criminal things while in Office, but at least he walked away...when the country said to go.
I was young when these things were happening (being born in 1966), but so many of the names that were mentioned in this book were household names that effected the course of this country.
Should you read this book? Well, it is biased...for sure, but I do believe that Tom Brokaw is fairly fair. Actually more fair than I would be if I had to write a book of the Fall of Donald Trump (that's for sure).
There are probably many of sources that would be a LOT more interesting and would go into depth of what EXACTLY he (Nixon) did wrong, but for my head, this book touched on what I really wanted to know...and drew a line and described the events as they happened. It's a fairly good account through the eyes (and recollection) of a reporter of that time.
I'm glad that I read it.