The story begins in 1971, with the publication of thousands of military and government documents known as the Pentagon Papers, which reveal dishonesty about the decades-long American presence in Vietnam and spark public outrage. Graff explores the full scope of this unprecedented moment from start to finish, in the first comprehensive, single-volume account in decades. Now, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Garrett M. Watergate, as the event is called, becomes a shorthand for corruption, deceit, and unanswered questions. The subsequent arrests of five men seeking to bug and burgle the Democratic National Committee offices-three of them Cuban exiles, two of them former intelligence operatives-quickly unravels a web of scandal that ultimately ends a presidency and forever alters views of moral authority and leadership. In the early hours of June 17, 1972, a security guard named Frank Wills enters six words into the log book of the Watergate office complex that will change the course of history: 1:47 AM Found tape on doors call police. From Garrett​ Graff, comes the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full scope of the scandal through the politicians, investigators, journalists, and informants who made it the most influential political event of the modern era.
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