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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Stingers

Scorpions' Dance: The President, The Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley

August 30, 2024 by Jake Leave a Comment

Hmmm. This is tough. I was loving the first part of this book. It was maybe my favorite non-fiction read of the year. It almost read like a thriller. It traces the early political careers of Dick Helms and Richard Nixon respectively, along with the trajectory that would lead them to Watergate and the close of their careers. Then it got to the Kennedy stuff. And I realized Jefferson Morley is a Kennedy conspiracy theorist. Not a hardcore one. He doesn’t seem to believe anything […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CIA, Dick Helms, Jefferson Morley, jfk, Kennedy assassination, Richard Nixon, Scorpions Dance, Watergate

Jake's CBR16 Review No:127 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: CIA, Dick Helms, Jefferson Morley, jfk, Kennedy assassination, Richard Nixon, Scorpions Dance, Watergate ·
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Persisted

The Watergate Girl by Jill Wine-Banks

July 27, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

Watergate has become a later-in-life hobby of mine. I’ve devoured books on the subject, though I missed the news of last year’s release of Jill Wine-Banks’ account, likely due to covid related distractions. Banks was the only female on the Watergate special counsel’s prosecution team at a time when things were changing for women in the workforce. Her experience not only is critical for progress in America but occurs at a pivotal moment in our nation’s history, where the well-being of institutions are criticized and […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Jill Wine-Banks, legal, The Watergate Girl, true crime, Watergate

Jake's CBR13 Review No:120 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Jill Wine-Banks, legal, The Watergate Girl, true crime, Watergate ·
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To Play the King

King Richard: Nixon and Watergate, An American Tragedy by Michael Dobbs

July 20, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

The Trump era made me a Watergate junkie. It’s as simple as that. If there’s a new book on Watergate, I’m reading it. I’ve become fascinated with the twisted story of Nixon and his cronies, especially how power can imbue one with a sense of dignity and grace, at least in the public eye. Most of us need to go to bed at night assuming our leaders are competent adults who wouldn’t hurt a fly unless it was absolutely necessary and who have it all […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, King Richard, michael dobbs, politics, Richard Nixon, Watergate

Jake's CBR13 Review No:115 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, King Richard, michael dobbs, politics, Richard Nixon, Watergate ·
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Keep A Diary

Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall by Elizabeth Drew

July 10, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR11 bingo: History Elizabeth Drew’s Washington Journal is making me wish I had kept a diary about the Trump era to document these last few years. I often talk about how the Trump Era is the “lol nothing matters” times of nihilism and obstinance. Seems like a lot of that was going on in 1973-1974. Drew covers the last year of Nixon’s presidency from the perspective of an insider journalist living in the hermetically sealed bubble of Washington, DC. She did a great […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, cbr11bingo, Elizabeth Drew, non fiction, politics, Richard Nixon, Washington Journal, Watergate

Jake's CBR11 Review No:54 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, cbr11bingo, Elizabeth Drew, non fiction, politics, Richard Nixon, Washington Journal, Watergate ·
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Founded on a tautological proposition that no one challenges.

December 9, 2015 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

It’s easy to pick on Richard Nixon. The list of his crimes, aspersions against his character, and embarrassments he forced on this country is long enough that it could take up this entire review. He was a blight on the office he felt so entitled to. He is the avatar for nefarious public officials limited by a base cunning and furtive guile. His promise was ambrosia; his delivery: brinksmanship. Richard Nixon savored attention, but skulked in the darkness of public derision. Every friend was an […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: president, Richard Nixon, Vietnam, Watergate

ingres77's CBR7 Review No:29 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: president, Richard Nixon, Vietnam, Watergate ·
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