The Final Days

Name: The Final Days
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: Bob Woodward
ISBN: 9781508260103

Author: Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

Narrator: Holter Graham

Unabridged: 19 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 04/10/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Political Biography, Political Science, American Government, History, Modern History

Synopsis

“An extraordinary work of reportage on the epic political story of our time” (Newsweek)—from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning coauthors of All the President’s Men.

The Final Days is the #1 New York Times bestselling, classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon’s dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of Congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable resignation. This brilliant book reveals the ordeal of Nixon’s fall from office—one of the gravest crises in presidential history.

About Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward is the author of three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers on President Trump—Fear (2018), Rage (2020), and Peril (2021) with Robert Costa—and an audiobook of 20 interviews with Trump. He has authored 22 bestselling books, 15 of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, covering every president from Nixon to Biden.

About Carl Bernstein

Carl Bernstein is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine and has written for a variety of publications. He is the author of Loyalties: A Son’s Memoir, and has coauthored His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time with Marco Politi, as well as All the President's Men and The Final Days with Bob Woodward.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on March 23, 2012

Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this Nation. And each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest I now understand I made some of you feel......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on January 13, 2021

Woodward and Bernstein's quasi-sequel to All the President's Men, The Final Days, chronicles the last year of Nixon's presidency from the April 1973 departures of Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman through his own resignation. The authors interview dozens of participants, providing a fast-paced inside......more

Goodreads review by Susan on November 22, 2020

Although I lived through Watergate I didn't keep up with all the details at the time, but just what I heard on radio news broadcasts. And given our current political situation it felt like history is being echoed this fall. It's an excellent recapitulation of the final days of the Nixon administrati......more

Goodreads review by Bryan on May 04, 2017

I've got a few thoughts on Woodward and Bernstein's The Final Days, which is both more and less timely than it might seem at first. This isn't really a book about Nixon, though he's a major character and you learn important things about him (see below). Rather, this is a book about the staff, lawyer......more

Goodreads review by Clif on July 25, 2022

Do sane people seek the Presidency? The ancient Greeks could choose a leader and then demand he serve. In modern America we usually get a giant ego with ambition far beyond the norm that never gives up. Nixon's victory in '72 after defeat in '60 demonstrates the drive. Richard Nixon was sane, but he......more