description: Watergate is a story of high drama and low skulduggery, of lies and bribes, of greed and lust for power. With access to the central characters, the public papers, and the trials transcripts, Ambrose explains how Nixon destroyed himself through a combination of arrogance and indecision, allowing a "third-rate burglary" to escalate into a scandal that overwhelmed his presidency. Within a decade and a half however, Nixon had become one of America's elder statesmen, respected internationally and at home even by those who had earlier clamoured loudest for his head. This is the story of Nixon's final fall from grace and astonishing recovery.
language: English
title: Nixon: Ruin & Recovery 1973-1990
titlecomplete: Nixon: Ruin & Recovery 1973-1990
genres: History, Presidents, American History, Biography Memoir, Biography, Us Presidents, 20th Century, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 290
series: Nixon
publisher: Random House Value Publishing