{"id":144547,"date":"2022-05-04T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=144547"},"modified":"2022-04-27T13:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:44:17","slug":"jen-recommends-watergate-a-new-history-garret-m-graf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=144547","title":{"rendered":"Jen Recommends: Watergate: A New History &#8211; Garret M. Graf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danvers.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/4793247?locg=1\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144548 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4793247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4793247.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4793247-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/>Watergate: A New History<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Garret M. Graf<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a Watergate junkie since college and have consumed over the years, every book, documentary, podcast, and movie I could find on the subject. In recent years however, the stories behind these scandals have lost their appeal due to the extreme unlikelihood that we&#8217;ll ever see such government accountability again. But with the approach of the 50th anniversary of the bungled break-in (June17), a whole slew of media are revisiting Watergate and I&#8217;ve been lured back in.<\/p>\n<p>Watergate: A New History is the first really deep dive into the Watergate scandal (and the political intrigue of the &#8217;50s, &#8217;60s, and &#8217;70s that preceded it) since the 2005 identity revelation of secret informant &#8220;Deep Throat&#8221; (Deputy Director of the FBI, Mark Felt). That alone provides plenty of new avenues to explore but there are many more &#8212; plenty of intrigue and outrage and this book reads like fiction at times as it shines a light on previously ignored figures and re-analyzes the bigger players. Like today, the country was very divided (and\/or even ignorant) about the Watergate scandal and its threat to democracy. This is a riveting story of how leaders on both sides of the aisle were able to come together and this book tells it very well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watergate: A New History &#8211; Garret M. Graf I&#8217;ve been a Watergate junkie since college and have consumed over the years, every book, documentary, podcast, and movie I could find on the subject. 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