The Watergate - Inside America's Most Infamous Address

Since its opening in 1965, the Watergate complex has been one of Washington’s chicest addresses, a home to power brokers from both political parties and the epicenter of a scandal that brought down a president. In The Watergate, writer and political consultant Joseph Rodota paints a vivid portrait of this landmark and the movers and shakers who have lived there. From the irrepressible Martha Mitchell to Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Monica Lewinsky, Watergate residents—an intriguing cast of politicians, journalists, socialites and spies—have been at the center of America’s political storms for half a century. Rodota unlocks the mysteries of the complex the Washington Post once called a “glittering Potomac Titanic” in this captivating look at the passengers and crew of this legendary building.

About the author

Joseph Rodota is a writer and consultant who has worked at the highest levels of politics in Washington, D.C., and California. He worked in the Reagan White House and as a top aide to California governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post and other outlets. He lives in Sacramento, California, where his play Chessman, about the final days of the “Red Light Bandit” Caryl Chessman, premiered at B Street Theatre.

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“Incredible research. ... Tells the entire tale of Watergate. ... The perfect book for anyone who loves the complexity of Washington history.”

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Rodota
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780062476647
• ISBN: 978-0-06-247664-7
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political science and theory, History and Archaeology, HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / National, ARCHITECTURE: History / General, PHILOSOPHY: Political